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Title
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Frederick Douglass Monuments
Creator
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Written by Grace Yasumura
Contributor
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Renée Ater
Description
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<p><a href="https://www.nps.gov/frdo/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frederick Douglass</a> (c. February 1818—February 20, 1895), one of the most brilliant orators of his generation, worked ceaselessly for the cause of abolition. Among his many achievements, Douglass became one of the early and important critical theorists of photography, a medium invented in 1839. In a series of lectures delivered between 1861-865, Douglass argued that photography had the power to shape people’s understandings of race and as such could be deployed to resist distorted representations of African Americans. Douglass, who was exceptionally aware of the power of his own image, sat for a number of portraits over several decades, circulating his image widely. His photographic portraits serve as the basis for a number of the works in this collection, including <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1193" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ivan Schwartz’s <em>Frederick Douglass</em></a>, created for the New York Historical Society.</p>
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Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
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72 in. (182.88 cm.)
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<em>Frederick Douglass</em> (Baltimore, MD)
Creator
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Robinson, Marc Andre, 1972-
Subject
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<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Maryland--History<br />Middle Atlantic States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slavery--Maryland</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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The six-foot-tall bronze head of an elder Frederick Douglass is located in the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Baltimore’s southeastern waterfront. The textured and rough surface of Robinson’s work creates a sense of movement as light reflects off the uneven surface, highlighting the work’s divots and crests.
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Photograph: Monument City, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/monumentcity/3335648921/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.flickr.com/photos/monumentcity/3335648921/</a>
Date
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Installed: June 2006
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Living Classrooms Foundation; Steve Zeiger (Zeiger/Snead Architects); and Michael Vergason Landscape Architects - Landscape Architect.
Format
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JPEG
Language
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English
Type
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
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Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, 1417 Thames Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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<p><em><strong>Informational placard adjacent to the work:</strong></em><br />Frederick Douglass Sculpture <br />(logo) Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park A Living Classroom <br /><br />Frederick Douglass is one of the best-known Americans of the 19th century. Schools, churches and other community buildings across the United States have been named after him. Known for bravery, vision, and insightfulness, Douglas fought for the rights of African Americans and women. He stressed equal rights and economic progress for all Americans. <br /><br />This bronze sculpture by Marc Andre Robinson, a Maryland Institute College of Art graduate, stands 6 feet tall wide and weighs 1,100 lbs. Mr. Robinson declares, "My ideas for the Frederick Douglass sculpture are meant to reflect collaborative art production and to emphasize the actual process of understanding and making history. The permanence of the bronze will function for the Living Classroom Foundation (and the Douglass-Myers Museum) as a monument to the seriousness of the indelible commitment to Baltimore youth." <br /><br />(Inscriptions below the images on the information plaque) <br />Go inside the museum building to see these and other bronze sculptures created by Living Classrooms Crossroads Middle School students, under the guidance of Marc Robinson, sculptor of the Frederick Douglass statue.</p>
Extent
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72 in. (182.88 cm.)
Medium
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Bronze
Rights Holder
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Renée Ater
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<p>"Frederick Douglass Sculpture." The Historical Marker Database, March 13, 2017. Accessed May 24, 2020, <a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=103409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=103409</a>.</p>
<p>White, Amy Brecount. "The Driving Forces Behind Maritime Park." Washington Post, October 27, 2006. Accessed May 24, 2020, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600448.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600448.html.</a></p>
<p>Living Classrooms Foundation Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum. Projects, Ziger/Snead Architects, Baltimore. Accessed May 24, 2020, <a href="http://www.zigersnead.com/projects/details/living-classrooms-foundation-frederick-douglass-isaac-myers-maritime-park-and-museum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.zigersnead.com/projects/details/living-classrooms-foundation-frederick-douglass-isaac-myers-maritime-park-and-museum/</a>.</p>
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Living Classrooms Foundation, 802 S. Caroline Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Frederick Douglass
Marc Andre Robinson
Maryland