For over a century the majority of Americas major sculptors chose one particular foundry to cast their works in bronze. That foundry was the Roman Bronze Works and its castings (and often the initials R.B.W.) represent a vast and fascinating collection of sculptures, ranging from the monuments of French and Saint-Gaudens to the cowboys of Remington and Russell, from the grand and graceful figures of Paul Manship and the charming salon pieces of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, to the brilliant abstractions of Archipenko and Calder. To study the ledgers and archival photographs of Roman Bronze Works is to see the unfolding of American sculpture through the 20th century, for here are examples from the many schools and isms that locked the nations art world in titanic battles between realism and modernism and the many significant styles in between. Over 700 photographic examples (many in color) and biographical information about over 120 sculptors make up this book, the first to examine R.B.W.s role in American art.
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A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works,
By John F. Warren, Warren Art Books (Pennsauken, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry (Schiffer Design Books) (Hardcover)
Interested in American bronze sculpture? Well, look elsewhere. This book will only serve to frustrate collectors, dealers, scholars with a serious interest in a field which has only recently received serious attention. The book starts off well enough with a brief, though undocumented, history of this important American bronze foundry. However, the bulk of the book is devoted to a picture album of sculptures supposedly produced by the firm by about one hundred sculptors. Each sculptor is given a brief biographical summary accompanied by a page or two of reproductions. That would be useful but, in typical Schiffer indifference to reproduction quality, the photos are often grainy and/or blurry. Furthermore, not one piece is identified with its dimensions. In fact, you will find no useful documentation of the pieces exhibited. There is not one foundry mark used by Roman Bronze Works reproduced in this book. This is a fatal flaw since collectors are hungry for such information to identify and authenticate works. There is a need for serious scholarship on American bronze foundries, but unfortunately this book does not fill the bill.
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Beautiful Illustrations but not a Complete list of Roman Bronze Works,
By mounthood "mounthood" (North Central Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry (Schiffer Design Books) (Hardcover)
I am a collector of Bronzes and have one nice bronze by the Roman Bronze Work Foundry dating from 1910. I found this book an interesting read but it is not a comprehensive listing of all the Bronzes coming out of the Foundry. Still, a good addition to my Art and Art history library. Recommended for the beautiful color illustrations.
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