The facade of Robert Graves's Portland Building is graced by Raymond Kaskey's Portlandia. It's a huge sculpture in proportion to it site: just over three stories on a 15-story building. The…
There's a lot to be said for a building as full of art as the Metropolitan Museum of Art: if you don't like one piece, you can shift your gaze…
Excerpted and adapted from Innovators in Sculpture. Faun Teased by Children is a technical tour de force by 18-year-old Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), whose career spanned seven decades. I'm a sucker for…
Knowledge is never wasted except on those too lazy to use it: Augustus Saint Gaudens produced exquisite portrait reliefs throughout his career using skills he learned at age thirteen, as a cameo-cutter. One…
This is Essay 7 from my 2003 book Forgotten Delights: The Producers, A Selection of Manhattan's Outdoor Sculptures. .. -. ...- . -. - -- .-. -- ..-. -- -- .-.…
"The Minstrel Boy" Listen (John McDermott has a wonderful voice!) as if you'd never heard this song before. It isn't just about Ireland: it's about not surrendering your values. The Minstrel-boy to…
The first post in this series is here, second here, third here. All photos in this series are copyright © 2017 Dianne L. Durante. General Slocum General Henry Warner Slocum, on…
The first part of this series is here, the second here. This one goes from the Concert Ground to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch at Grand Army Plaza. All images copyright…
Last week's post ran from the Marquis de Lafayette at Prospect Park West and 9th Street to the Prospect Park War Memorial. This week we pick up at the Woolman Rink…
Early this month I went for a long stroll in Prospect Park to visit some of "my" sculptures. (I have a database of outdoor sculptures in New York City: I…