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037    |bSyracuse Univ Pr, C/O Longleaf Services Inc Po Box 8895,
       Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27515-8895|nSAN 203-3151 
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100 1  Hinman, Suzanne. 
245 14 The grandest Madison Square Garden :|bart, scandal, and 
       architecture in Gilded Age New York /|cSuzanne Hinman. 
246 30 Art, scandal, and architecture in Gilded Age New York 
250    First edition. 
264  1 Syracuse, New York :|bSyracuse University Press,|c2019. 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    xiv, 451 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. 
       Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, 
       fingers pointing, mouths agape. After countless struggles,
       Stanford White-the country's most celebrated architect was
       about to dedicate America's tallest tower, the final cap 
       set atop his Madison Square Garden, the country's grandest
       new palace of pleasure. Amid a flood of electric light and
       fireworks, the gilded figure topping the tower was 
       suddenly revealed-an eighteen-foot nude sculpture of Diana,
       the Roman Virgin Goddess of the Hunt, created by Augustus 
       Saint-Gaudens, the country's finest sculptor and White's 
       dearest pal.0The Grandest Madison Square Garden tells the 
       remarkable story behind the construction of the second, 
       1890, Madison Square Garden and the controversial 
       sculpture that crowned it. Set amid the magnificent 
       achievements of nineteenth-century American art and 
       architecture, the book delves into the fascinating private
       lives of the era's most prominent architect and sculptor 
       and the nature of their intimate relationship. Hinman 
       shows how both men pushed the boundaries of America's 
       parochial aesthetic, ushering in an era of art that 
       embraced European styles with American vitality. Situating
       the Garden's seminal place in the history of New York City,
       as well as the entire country, The Grandest Madison Square
       Garden brings to life a tale of architecture, art, and 
       spectacle amid the elegant yet scandal-ridden culture of 
       Gotham's decadent era. 
600 10 White, Stanford,|d1853-1906. 
600 10 Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,|d1848-1907. 
610 20 Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y. : 1890-1925) 
650  0 Architecture and society|zNew York (State)|zNew York
       |xHistory. 
651  0 Madison Square Park (New York, N.Y.)|xHistory. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|xBuildings, structures, etc.|xHistory. 
994    C0|bGPI