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The history of sculpture in the United States reflects the country's 18th century foundation in Roman republican civic values as well as Protestant Christianity, both of which sought truth in the spoken word of orator or minister and neither requiring the visualizaton of magnificence, power, solemnity, or profundity that characterized the sculptural traditions of European (as well as Asian) civilizations. DECORATIVE ART The art of the Silversmith reflected the spiritual values of the prosperous Puritan, and these simple but elegant objects took their place in fashionable homes. |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Daniel_Chester_French" class="copylinks">Daniel Chester French sculpture at the Lincoln Memorial , Washington, DC |
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Image: BroncoBusterRemingtonSculpturegif''The Bronco Buster'' By
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Frederick_Remington" class="copylinks">Frederick Remington , limited edition#17 of 20, 1909 |
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Image: Robert Gould Shaw MemorialjpegThe Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Boston Common, Commemorates Shaw And The Afro-American
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="copylinks">54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Lee_Lawrie" class="copylinks">Lee Lawrie grille work from the Education Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , 1930s |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/repoussé" class="copylinks">Repoussé relief sculpture by Maurice Ascalon adorned the façade of the 1939 New York World's Fair 's Jewish Palestine Pavilion |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Paul_Manship" class="copylinks">Paul Manship , ''Dancer with Gazelles'', 1916 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Richmond_Barthé" class="copylinks">Richmond Barthé "Boxer" (the Cuban featherweight, "Kid Chocolate"),1942]] |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Alexander_Calder" class="copylinks">Alexander Calder 's L'empennage (1953) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Claes_Oldenburg" class="copylinks">Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen |
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Image: Three Soldiersjpg''The Three Soldiers'' At The
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vietnam_War" class="copylinks">Vietnam War memorial in Washington, DC by Frederick Hart |
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