|
|
|
|
|
|
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Materials For Loan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following materials are available on loan to educators for use in their classrooms:
BOOKS
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: A Master of American Sculpture (1848-1907)
Reunion des Musee Nationaux, 1999
Footprints of the past: Images of Cornish, NH & The Cornish Colony
Colby and Atkinson, NH Historical Society, 1996
Footsteps, African American History/ 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
A Cobblestone Production (booklet)
A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin
University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire and the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, 1985
The Shaw Memorial: A Celebration of an American Masterpiece
Eastern National, 1997. A history of the Mass. 54th Regt. and the development of the monument.
A Place of Beauty: The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony
Alma M. Gilbert and Judith B. Tankard
Sibley Guide to Birds
David Allen Sibley
The Outside Story
Chuck Wooster
Mammal Tracks and Sign
Mark Elbroch
Mushrooms Demystified
David Arora
A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernam Pools
Leo P. Kenney and Matthew R. Burne
Proud to Live Here
Richard Ewald
FILMS
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American Original (28 min.) VHS
Paul Sanderson III, 1985. The orientation film, it covers the scuptor's life and works.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American Original (closed caption) VHS
Glory (152 min.) Columbia Pictures, 1989, VHS, DVD
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (52 min.) VHS
The American Experience (PBS video)
The Medal Maker; Master Sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser (30 min.) VHS
Mike Craven Productions
Wax Blood/Bronze Skin (26 min.)
Spofford Films, VHS. Explains the lost-wax bronze casting process.
Public Sculpture: America's Legacy
Smithsonian Productions, VHS
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture (74 min.) DVD
Paul Sanderson III, 2007- This video will be available beginning in spring 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Did You Know?
Bas-relief is the most difficult form of sculpture. The detail is achieved by the way that light strikes the relief’s shallow surface, creating shadows that give an illusion of depth. Some of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ portrait reliefs are only 1/8th of an inch deep.
|
|
|
|
Last Updated: February 02, 2009 at 16:02 EST |