Massachusetts Art History: Books, listed by year of publication

Massachusetts Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

Books, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first

Monuments and Memory: History and Representation in Lowell, Massachusetts, By Martha K. Norkunas. Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. ISBN 1588340856, 9781588340856. 258 pages. Google Books says: "At the center of Martha Norkunas's narrative is her intimate connection to the city of Lowell, Massachusetts through her family's rich history. She looks for the interplay of the personal and public, singular and collective memory and history through Lowell's public spaces, always examining where her personal memory converges with the history of the city."

A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth, By Marty Carlock. Published by Harvard Common Press, 1993. ISBN 1558320628, 9781558320628. 256 pages

Artists and the Athenæum in the Early 19th Century, by Boston Athenaeum - Art, American - 1992. "September 3 through December 31, 1992."

Boston Lithography, 1825-1880: The Boston Athenæum Collection, by Sally Pierce, Catharina Slautterback - Art - 1991

Artworks in Our Parks: An Inventory of Public Memorials, Worcester, Massachusetts, By Pamela E Beall, Don Eaton, Parks and Recreation Dept, Worcester (Mass.). Published by Parks Dept, 1986

Boston, Statues, By Walter Muir Whitehill. Illustrated by Katharine Knowles. Published by Barre Publishers, 1970. ISBN 0827170157, 9780827170155. 120 pages

Other Statues of Boston: Reproductions of Other Statues of Boston as a Sequel to Our Brochure of 1946 Entitled "Some Statues of Boston," By Allan Forbes, Ralph Mason Eastman, State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.), Published by State Street Trust Company, Boston 1947. 93 pages

Some Statues of Boston: Reproductions of Some of the Statues for which Boston is Famous, with Information Concerning the Personalities and Events So Memorialized, By Allan Forbes, Ralph Mason Eastman, Published by State Street Trust Company, Boston, 1946. Original from the University of Virginia. Digitized Sep 7, 2007. 75 pages

The Athenæum Gallery, 1827-1873: The Boston Athenæum as an Early Patron of Art, By Mabel Munson Swan. Published 1940. The Boston Athenæum. Art. 312 pages. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Digitized Sep 12, 2007

Oil Paintings by the Guild of Boston Artists, by Arnot Art Museum - Painting, American - 1928. Catalog of an exhibition held Apr., 1928.

Monuments, Tablets and Other Memorials Erected in Massachusetts to Commemorate the Service of Her Sons in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 ..., By Alfred Seelye Roe. Published by Wright & Potter printing company, state printers, 1910. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Jul 18, 2006. 132 pages.

(above: Frederick J. Waugh, Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives, 1907, oil on canvas, 30.1 x 50.1 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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