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9780853235675 0853235678 Covering the area formerly administered by the Greater Manchester Metropolitan Council, Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester focuses on the communities at the heart of the industrial revolution in Britain (Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan), exploring both the connections and the differences among them. Although Manchester's first free-standing public statue - Francis Chantrey's portrait of the scientist John Dalton - dates from 1838, it was the wave of public commemoration following the death of Sir Robert Peel in 1850 that proved the decisive event for public statuary in the region, with statues being raised to Peel in Manchester, Salford and Bury. Salford's Peel Park, opened in 1846, displayed one of the first groups of public statues in Britain. Politics were never far away, with the placing of statues of three living Liberals - Gladstone, Bright and Villiers - in Manchester town hall (also famous for Ford Madox Brown's murals) marking the strong association of the area with free trade policies. Harry Bates's Socrates Teaching the People in the Agora, at Manchester University, is one of the most significant examples of the 'New Sculpture'; notable twentieth-century works include Eric Gill's relief St Mary, St Denys, St George and the Christ Child for Manchester Cathedral and Barbara Hepworth's Two Forms (Divided Circle) in Bolton. The 30-mile Irwell Sculpture Trail, following the River Irwell from Salford Quays through Bury to the Pennines, is one of the most ambitious contemporary public art programmes in Britain and has commissioned sculpture from regional, national and international artists. Winner of the Portico Prize for Literature 2004., Public Sculpture of Greater Manchesteris a complete catalog and illustrated guide to all of Greater Manchester's public sculptures and monuments. Manchester historian Terry Wyke provides detailed individual entries for each sculpture featured, including information about the artist and the commissioning agent, date of installation, and the sculpture's historical and artistic significance. More than 350 black-and-white photographs reveal the diversity and beauty of Manchester's many public monuments.The eighth volume in Liverpool University Press's highly acclaimed and prize-winning Public Sculpture of Britain series,Public Sculpture of Greater Manchesterwill be an incomparable resource for both armchair and actual travelers, as well as for English historians and art scholars alike."These are excellent volumes in an outstanding and continuing series, one of the most original and important such projects under way. They set an international standard for the recording and publication of public sculpture."Judging panel, 2003 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, on the Public Sculpture of Britain series, This title is the eighth volume in Public Sculpture of Britain, and provides a complete, illustrated catalogue and guide to the public monuments and sculpture of Greater Manchester. This volume catalogues everything from the spectacular Victorian legacy to innovative contemporary sculpture such as the rejuvenation of the Northern Quarter. catalogues in great detail sculpture in Britain available to the public. It is the published outcome of the National Recording Project of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, and it will eventually cover the whole of Britain. Earlier volumes in the series covered Liverpool, Birmingham, North-East England, Leicestershire & Rutland, Warwickshire Coventry & Solihull, Glasgow and the City of London. Public Sculpture of Glasgow was the joint-winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year and Public Sculpture of the City of London was shortlisted for the prestigious 2003 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.
9780853235675 0853235678 Covering the area formerly administered by the Greater Manchester Metropolitan Council, Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester focuses on the communities at the heart of the industrial revolution in Britain (Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan), exploring both the connections and the differences among them. Although Manchester's first free-standing public statue - Francis Chantrey's portrait of the scientist John Dalton - dates from 1838, it was the wave of public commemoration following the death of Sir Robert Peel in 1850 that proved the decisive event for public statuary in the region, with statues being raised to Peel in Manchester, Salford and Bury. Salford's Peel Park, opened in 1846, displayed one of the first groups of public statues in Britain. Politics were never far away, with the placing of statues of three living Liberals - Gladstone, Bright and Villiers - in Manchester town hall (also famous for Ford Madox Brown's murals) marking the strong association of the area with free trade policies. Harry Bates's Socrates Teaching the People in the Agora, at Manchester University, is one of the most significant examples of the 'New Sculpture'; notable twentieth-century works include Eric Gill's relief St Mary, St Denys, St George and the Christ Child for Manchester Cathedral and Barbara Hepworth's Two Forms (Divided Circle) in Bolton. The 30-mile Irwell Sculpture Trail, following the River Irwell from Salford Quays through Bury to the Pennines, is one of the most ambitious contemporary public art programmes in Britain and has commissioned sculpture from regional, national and international artists. Winner of the Portico Prize for Literature 2004., Public Sculpture of Greater Manchesteris a complete catalog and illustrated guide to all of Greater Manchester's public sculptures and monuments. Manchester historian Terry Wyke provides detailed individual entries for each sculpture featured, including information about the artist and the commissioning agent, date of installation, and the sculpture's historical and artistic significance. More than 350 black-and-white photographs reveal the diversity and beauty of Manchester's many public monuments.The eighth volume in Liverpool University Press's highly acclaimed and prize-winning Public Sculpture of Britain series,Public Sculpture of Greater Manchesterwill be an incomparable resource for both armchair and actual travelers, as well as for English historians and art scholars alike."These are excellent volumes in an outstanding and continuing series, one of the most original and important such projects under way. They set an international standard for the recording and publication of public sculpture."Judging panel, 2003 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, on the Public Sculpture of Britain series, This title is the eighth volume in Public Sculpture of Britain, and provides a complete, illustrated catalogue and guide to the public monuments and sculpture of Greater Manchester. This volume catalogues everything from the spectacular Victorian legacy to innovative contemporary sculpture such as the rejuvenation of the Northern Quarter. catalogues in great detail sculpture in Britain available to the public. It is the published outcome of the National Recording Project of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, and it will eventually cover the whole of Britain. Earlier volumes in the series covered Liverpool, Birmingham, North-East England, Leicestershire & Rutland, Warwickshire Coventry & Solihull, Glasgow and the City of London. Public Sculpture of Glasgow was the joint-winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year and Public Sculpture of the City of London was shortlisted for the prestigious 2003 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.