{"product_id":"outdoor-sculpture-in-baltimore-cindy-kelly-9780801897221","title":"Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the first half of the nineteenth century, the most impressive sculptural monuments in America were under construction in Baltimore. Before New York, Philadelphia, and even Washington, D.C., the city built a monument to George Washington, and Baltimore commissioned the country's first public monument dedicated to those killed in battle. After touring both these sites in 1827, President John Quincy Adams declared Baltimore \"the Monumental City,\" a moniker still used today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCindy Kelly leads readers to more than 250 sculptures found throughout Baltimore with eighteen walking and driving tours, each with accompanying maps to make finding the pieces easy. Including a brief synopsis--including title, location, sculptor, date, medium, donor--and a photograph, Kelly tells the fascinating stories behind Baltimore's monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly mined local archives and conducted interviews with contemporary artists to uncover the details behind the city's public sculptures. As she talks about how each piece was commissioned, constructed, and dedicated, the rich cultural, economic, and social history of the city unfolds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the nineteenth-century splendor of Mount Vernon Place to the twentieth-century sculpture of the Inner Harbor, Kelly invites us to see Baltimore in a wholly fresh perspective. Follow her as she guides readers to the extraordinary outdoor art that makes Baltimore \"the Monumental City.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cindy Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080189722X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801897221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.19h x 8.19w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011","brand":"Cindy Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078121320703,"sku":"9780801897221","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa041a8a-36a6-4483-9f1c-339ae6469fb2.jpg?v=1685473659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/outdoor-sculpture-in-baltimore-cindy-kelly-9780801897221","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}