Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us: October 2013

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Boston's Love of our Boston Redsox and our Boston Monuments!

Nancy Schon's "Make Way for Ducklings " celebrates our Boston Redsox! As well as our city. Go Sox!

"Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us"sold at Amazon.com , Bestsellers Cafe Bookstore, Old North Church Gift Shop, Barnes & Noble, Trinity Church and our local book stores in Boston.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Bestsellers Cafe Bookstore Talk: David Phillips, sculptor and Joe Gallo author

Dancing with The Spheres by David Phillips and Boston Common Frogs an earlier work by Phillips, will be discussed at the Bestsellers Cafe Bookstore, 24 High Street, Medford Square, Mass at 3:00 pm October 12, 2013.

David Phillips, sculptor of the above bronze sculptors will be talking at Bestsellers Cafe Bookstore this Saturday October 12, 2013 at 3:00pm in Medford Square . He will be talking about his new book on his works of sculpture. Joe Gallo, author of "Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us", will be introducing David and his works and discussing these works within the scope of Joe Gallo's Art/History book. All are welcome, both books will be for sale!

About The Author

Joseph R. Gallo Jr. is not a historian nor a sculptor. He is a student and great appreciator of both academic fields. Trained as an educator and being an entrepreneur, he felt a need to reach out to the thousands of visitors who come to our historical city teaching them through this guidebook the purpose and reason why such beautiful works of art embellish our fair City of Boston. Compiling updated photos and historical text for the resurrection of a much needed simple-to-use guidebook Boston Bronze and Stone Speaks To Us was time consuming, but fulfilling. The purpose and meaning of these monuments is made more lucid with the structuring of this new book.

About the Book

Boston Bronze & Stone Speak To Us is a unique and beautiful book that combines art, history, and walking guides for the public sculpture found in eighteen Boston locales. Written by Joseph R. Gallo, Jr., who states that he is not an historian but a lover of the City of Boston, the book combines his original photographs and observations with well-referenced sources and maps for a complete experience of enjoying Boston sculpture. With hundreds of full-color photographs in all, each chapter offers a map of that area with stars and page numbers marking each work discussed. The chapters include the Boston Common, the State House inside and out, Beacon Hill and Louisburg Square, the Boston Public Gardens, the Esplanade and Hatch Shell, the Fenway, Chinatown and the Theater District, Copley Square, Park Square, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, School Street and the Old City hall, King's Chapel, Downtown and the Financial District, Government Center, Quincy Marketplace and Faneuil Hall, the North End, and the Waterfront. The book also includes and Index of Monuments and an Index of the Sculptors. Boston is home to some of the most extraordinary public art in North America. Sculptors of public art include Daniel Chester French, Katherine Lane Weems, August Saint-Gaudens and George Aarons. This lovingly produced book introduces readers to the artists, the subjects of their work, and the accessibility of exceptional art all within the city of Boston.