A favorite artwork can provide you with enjoyment and inspiration, help you recall important events of the past, and help you project a course into the future. Get even more enjoyment from a work of art you love by approaching it with an active mind.This book sets out a method for getting from the visual to the verbal - from looking at an artwork to thinking and talking about it. With examples that progress from simple to complex, it demonstrates how to study a sculpture in detail to determine its theme, and how to evaluate it in emotional, esthetic, philosophical, and art-historical terms. The goal: to allow you to luxuriate in spending more time with your own favorite sculptures. The bonus: knowing explicitly which aspect of a favorite work appeals to you will help you find new favorites. May this book give you hours of enjoyment as you read it ... and decades of enjoyment as you look with new eyes at your current and future favorite works of art!

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

CHAPTER 2: George Washington

CHAPTER 3: The Cid

CHAPTER 4: Nathan Hale

CHAPTER 5: The Puritan

CHAPTER 6: Loeb Fountain

CHAPTER 7: Alice in Wonderland

CHAPTER 8: Joan of Arc

CHAPTER 9: Peter Cooper

CHAPTER 10: Bryant Memorial

CHAPTER 11: Giovanni da Verrazzano

CHAPTER 12: Glory of Commerce

CHAPTER 13: Washington Arch

CHAPTER 14: Firemen's Memorial

CHAPTER 15: Columbus Monument

CHAPTER 16: Maine Monument

CHAPTER 17: Continents

APPENDIX 1: Christo's Gates: Art in Individual Minds and Public Places

APPENDIX 2: Politics and Portrait Sculptures

APPENDIX 3: Suggested Readings

APPENDIX 4: Questions for Looking at Sculpture

About the Author