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Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age

Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Henry WiencekPublish date:7/22/2025Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374162498ISBN-10:374162492UPC:9780374162498Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Individual Artists, LGBTQ+Size:8.20 x 5.60 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.4903Product ID:SCHCK61ZBC

Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age

How the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times.

Stanford White was a louche man-about-town and a canny cultural entrepreneur--the creator of landmark buildings that elevated American architecture to new heights. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the son of an immigrant shoemaker, a moody introvert, and a committed procrastinator whose...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374162498ISBN-10:374162492UPC:9780374162498Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Individual Artists, LGBTQ+Size:8.20 x 5.60 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.4903Product ID:SCHCK61ZBC
Henry Wiencek, a nationally prominent historian and writer, is the author of several books, including The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1999; An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award; and Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His...
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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