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The history of sculpture in the United States begins in the 1600s "with the modest efforts of craftsmen who adorned gravestones, Bible boxes, and various utilitarian objects with simple low-relief decorations."〔Craven, Wayne, ‘’Sculpture in America’’, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1968, p. 1〕 American sculpture in its many forms, genres and guises has continuously contributed to the cultural landscape of world art into the 21st century. ==Folk art== There is frequently art in well-made tombstones, iron products, furniture, toys, and tools—perhaps better reflecting the character of a people than sculptures made in classical styles for social elites. One of these specific applications, the carving of wooden figureheads for ships, started in the Americas as early as 1750〔Pinckney, Pauline A. ‘’American Figureheads: And Their Carvers’’, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. NY 1940 p.29〕 and a century later helped launch the careers of Samuel McIntyre and the country's first famous sculptor, William Rush (1756–1833) of Philadelphia,.〔Brewington, M.V., ‘’Shipcarvers of North America’’, Dover Publications, New York, 1972 c.1962 p. 26-40〕 The tradition begun then continues today in the folk sculpture style known as Chainsaw carving. File:Folk art.jpg|Gravestone from Boston, 1736 (?) Image: ship-figure-head.jpg|Ship's figurehead, artist unknown, c. 1830, Art Institute of Chicago Image: Preacher1830.jpg|Preacher, c. 1830, Art Institute of Chicago Image: William-Rush-Jackson.jpg|William Rush—portrait of General Andrew Jackson, 1815, Art Institute of Chicago 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sculpture of the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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