{"product_id":"horatio-greenough-and-the-form-harry-rand-9781944466299","title":"Horatio Greenough and the Form Majestic: The Biography of the Nation's First Washington Monument","description":"\u003cb\u003eArt, history, and political drama all meld together in this one dramatic story about one dramatic sculpture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe nation's first federally-commissioned monument, Horatio Greenough's huge marble statue of George Washington, sits near the entrance of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Meant to be the symbolic focus of the whole continent--at the very center of the US Capitol--the monument instead seems a sadly curious relic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tells the tale of its demotion from stardom to obscurity: the story is stranger than fiction, including an attempted murder; fights in the USA, Britain, and Italy; and political maneuvering. \u003ci\u003eHoratio Greenough and the Form Majestic: The Biography of the Nation's First Washington Monument\u003c\/i\u003e presents new research into the complicated tale. It translates and explains the monument's Latin inscription and offers the story of how the work was brought to America by a sea captain subsequently immortalized by Herman Melville. The book also untangles and decodes the monument's symbolism for the average spectator and art lovers alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of the commissioning, conception, execution, transportation, installation and re-location, the public's bemused and often fond reception, subsequently frequent re-positionings, and so much more of the nation's first monument to George Washington. Horatio Greenough's statue rests at the heart of an amazing tale, never told before this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Rand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944466290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944466299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020","brand":"Harry Rand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48800666386687,"sku":"9781944466299","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/horatio-greenough-and-the-form-harry-rand-9781944466299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}