{"product_id":"stan-and-gus-art-ardor-and-the-friendship-that-built-the-gilded-age-paperback","title":"Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Wiencek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe celebrated architect Stanford White was a louche man-about-town and a canny cultural entrepreneur, the creator of landmarks that raised the stature of the American built environment. Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a sculptor and the son of an immigrant shoemaker, was a moody introvert and a committed procrastinator whose painstaking work brought emotional depth to American statuary. Over years of acquaintance, their relationship evolved into a partnership that defined the art of the Gilded Age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStan and Gus\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed historian Henry Wiencek tells the story of a fruitful, complicated relationship. After pursuing their own careers in Italy and France, the two men met again back home, where they forged era-defining monuments, including White's Washington Square Arch and Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan and Saint-Gaudens's memorials to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and Clover Adams in Boston and Washington, D.C., respectively. Over the course of decades, White helped sustain his friend's troubled spirits and protected Saint-Gaudens from impatient clients when he failed to complete projects on time. Meanwhile, Saint-Gaudens challenged White to take his artistic gifts seriously. But alongside the brilliant commissions were sordid debaucheries--and White's sensational murder in 1906. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout, Wiencek sets White and Saint-Gaudens within the larger story of the era known as the American Renaissance, when a new upper class sought to fortify its ascendancy, and its aspirations and delusions of grandeur collided with new aesthetic ideas and two ambitious young men to yield work of lasting beauty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Wiencek\u003c\/b\u003e, a nationally prominent historian and writer, is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1999; \u003ci\u003eAn Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award; and \u003ci\u003eMaster of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361938497671,"sku":"9781250437914","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/B42K7RZgI59781250437914.webp?v=1785318617","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/stan-and-gus-art-ardor-and-the-friendship-that-built-the-gilded-age-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}