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Indepth Arts News:
"Subjects and Symbols in American
Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent
Collection"
2000-04-11 until 2000-08-20
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY,
USA United States of America
Nineteenth-century American
artists regarded ideal
themes—those inspired by
mythology, history, and
literature—as the most
challenging and venerable in the
hierarchy of genres. Such
subjects provided an
opportunity for sculptors to
demonstrate their familiarity
with allegorical, historical, and
literary topics, their skill at
incorporating identifying
attributes into their
compositions, and frequently
also their expertise in
rendering the nude.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
presents Subjects and Symbols
in American Sculpture:
Selections from the Permanent
Collection, an exhibition of
some thirty-five works
inspired by ideal themes and
created between 1850 and
1935. Drawn entirely from the
Museum's extensive holdings of
American art, the exhibition
includes sculptures in bronze,
marble, and plaster by such
esteemed and diverse artists as
Hiram Powers, Augustus
Saint-Gaudens, and Paul
Manship.
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