The history of American sculpture
Lorado Taft's 1903 Macmillan history of American sculpture, published in New York and London, is a survey of the country's sculptors and their monuments for readers of art history. The four photographs show sculpture from the period: a bronze group of struggling figures on a tall pedestal, a reclining marble figure with a carved inscription, a draped standing woman wearing a crown and holding a chain, and a marble youth leaning on a rock beside a dog. A designer could take from them the restrained classical poses, drapery folds, and the sculptural silhouettes that read clearly in photographs.
