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Author Jones, Janna, author.

Title The spirit of the city : Marshall Fredericks sculptures in Detroit / Janna Jones
Published East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 140 pages) : illustrations
Contents Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain (1937) -- Victory Eagle (1950) -- The Romance of Transportation (1951) -- The Making of Automobiles (1953) -- The Boy and Bear (1954) -- The Ford Empire (1956) -- The Spirit of Detroit (1958) -- Freedom of the Human Spirit (1964, 1986)
Summary "The Spirit of the City focuses on eight of Marshall M. Fredericks midcentury sculptures and the buildings they were designed to accompany; the sculptures discussed and the architectural spaces they do (or did) inhabit tell a compelling story about Detroit and its dramatic transformation since the 1950s"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 fast
Subject Architecture and society -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Art and society -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Sculpture and architecture -- Michigan -- Detroit
ART / General
Sculpture and architecture
Art and society
Architecture and society
Michigan -- Detroit
Genre/Form History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1609177290
9781609177294
Other Titles Marshall Fredericks sculptures in Detroit