Harriet Hosmer: A Cultural Biography

by Kate Culkin

Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908) was celebrated as one of the country's most respected artists, credited with opening the field of sculpture to women and cited as a model of female ability and American refinement. In this biographical study, Kate Culkin explores Hosmer's life and work and places her in the context of a notable group of expatriate writers and artists who gathered in Rome in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1852 Hosmer moved from Boston to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558498397
• ISBN13: 9781558498396
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher