Summer 2017 (3.1)

Issue 3.1
Editors' Welcome

Issue 3.1

Sarah Burns, Jennifer Jane Marshall
image of 2 baseball players
Feature Article

Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence

Paul H. D. Kaplan
The Thiele Family Monument: Vision of a Heavenly Future
Feature Article

The Thiele Family Monument: Vision of a Heavenly Future

Annette Stott
State of the Field: American Sculpture
In the Round

State of the Field: American Sculpture

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Image of a sculpture of a man sitting on a rock
In the Round

Fifty Years of the History of American Sculpture

Roberta K. Tarbell
Painting of a cemetery with 2 men and 2 women standing in the foreground and a forest in the background
In the Round

Cemeteries and Sculpture: “Ideal” Material Culture Pedagogy

Elise Madeleine Ciregna
Sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr
In the Round

Sculpture and Lived Space

Jennifer Wingate
image of a man looking through a device called a skiascope
Research Note

Looking through the Skiascope: Benjamin Ives Gilman and the Invention of the Modern Museum Gallery

Steven Lubar
“It’s in My Mind”: William Merritt Chase and the Imagination
Research Note

“It’s in My Mind”: William Merritt Chase and the Imagination

James Glisson
A Portrait of Samuel Finley Attributed to John Hesselius
Research Note

A Portrait of Samuel Finley Attributed to John Hesselius

Megan Holloway Fort
What are Museums For?
Bully Pulpit
Jacqueline Francis

What are Museums For?

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
Bully Pulpit

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
Tuliza Fleming
Bully Pulpit

Tuliza Fleming

Tuliza Fleming
Jonathan Frederick Walz
Bully Pulpit

Jonathan Frederick Walz

Jonathan Frederick Walz
Neal Benezra
Bully Pulpit

Neal Benezra

Neal Benezra
Blake Shell
Bully Pulpit

Blake Shell

Blake Shell
Book cover for the book Women of abstract expressionism
Book Review

Women of Abstract Expressionism

Reviewed by Lara Kuykendall
Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War
Book Review

Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War

Reviewed by Jennifer Wingate
Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest
Book Review

Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest

Reviewed by Andrea M. Truitt
A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Pueblo Indians
Book Review

A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Pueblo Indians

Reviewed by Emily C. Burns
Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene
Book Review

Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene

Reviewed by Amy Werbel
Sojourner Truth, Photography, and the Fight Against Slavery
Exhibition Review

Sojourner Truth, Photography, and the Fight Against Slavery

Reviewed by Jackie Clay
William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master
Exhibition Review

William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master

Reviewed by Christina Michelon
Kerry James Marshall: Mastry
Exhibition Review

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

Reviewed by Diana Tuite
Post Black Folk Art in America 1930–1980–2016
Exhibition Review

Post Black Folk Art in America 1930–1980–2016

Reviewed by Elaine Y. Yau