Boston
Bronze & Stone Speak To Us is a unique and beautiful
book that combines art, history, and walking guides for the public
sculpture found in eighteen Boston locales. Written by Joseph R.
Gallo, Jr., who states that he is not an historian but a lover
of the City of Boston, the book combines his original photographs
and observations with well-referenced sources and maps for a complete
experience of enjoying Boston sculpture. With hundreds of full-color
photographs in all, each chapter offers a map of that area with
stars and page numbers marking each work discussed. The chapters
include the Boston Common, the State House inside and out, Beacon
Hill and Louisburg Square, the Boston Public Gardens, the Esplanade
and Hatch Shell, the Fenway, Chinatown and the Theater District,
Copley Square, Park Square, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, School
Street and the Old City hall, King's Chapel, Downtown and the Financial
District, Government Center, Quincy Marketplace and Faneuil Hall,
the North End, and the Waterfront. The book also includes and Index of Monuments and an Index of
the Sculptors. Boston is home to some of the most extraordinary
public art in North America. Sculptors of public art include Daniel
Chester French, Katherine Lane Weems, August Saint-Gaudens and
George Aarons. This lovingly produced book introduces readers to
the artists, the subjects of their work, and the accessibility
of exceptional art all within the city of Boston.
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