Tue, 23 May 2017
Daniel Chester French's greatest work is arguably the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. but where does 'greatness' in art come from? Is it given to the artwork by its creator, or is it, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder?
Direct download: Episode_71_-_The_Lincoln_Memorial.mp3
Category:20th Century -- posted at: 2:13am EDT
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Wed, 19 April 2017
Daniel Chester French is mostly remembered for sculpting the colossal Lincoln on the National Mall in Washington DC, but equally, he was America's master of memorials in the late 19th century. From the Minuteman to the Melvin Memorial, he produced works which helped promote the city beautiful movement far beyond the nation's capital.
Direct download: Episode_70_-_Daniel_Chester_French.mp3
Category:19th Century -- posted at: 9:12am EDT
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Wed, 15 February 2017
Is it Paris? Versailles? Venice? ...Chicago, actually! The stunning cityscape you see in the image was known as the White City, a dreamlike place which existed for a few short years before disappearing - but its legacy lives on in cities and towns all over the United States, part of a phenomenon known as the City Beautiful Movement.
Direct download: -_The_Worlds_Fair_and_the_City_Beautiful.mp3
Category:19th Century -- posted at: 8:58am EDT
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Wed, 18 January 2017
"Give me your tired, your poor, ...The American ideals which the Statue of Liberty represents are hard to trump...
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