Rising up : Rocky and the making of monuments /

"Fifty years after the premiere of the original Rocky movie, the legacy of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa endures, as millions of people visit the Rocky statue located outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art each year. Commemorating the most famous Philadelphian who never lived, the landmark h...

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Other Authors:	Farber, Paul M., 1982- (Editor), Allen, Laurie (Contributor), Brown, Garrett (Contributor), Campos, Caro (Contributor), Da Corte, Alex, 1980- (Contributor), Devaney, Thomas (Contributor), Gonzalez Ho, Christian (Contributor), Holzman, Laura M., 1984- (Contributor), Jenkins, Malcolm (Contributor), Leggs, Brent, 1972- (Contributor), Nairne, Eleanor (Contributor), Rickey, Carrie (Contributor), Savage, Kirk, 1958- (Contributor), Schomberg, A. Thomas, 1943- (Contributor), Tillet, Salamishah (Contributor), Wisher, Yolanda (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2026]
Subjects:	Balboa, Rocky > (Fictitious character), > 1946- > Monuments > Exhibitions. Monuments > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Exhibitions. Public art > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Exhibitions. Collective memory > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Exhibitions. Rocky films > History and criticism. Boxers (Sports) > Monuments > Exhibitions. Boxing in art > Exhibitions. Stairs in art > Exhibitions. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > Exhibitions. Monuments > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Expositions. Art > Intégration à l'architecture > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Expositions. Mémoire collective > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Expositions. Boxeurs > Monuments > Expositions. Boxe dans l'art > Expositions. Marches d'escalier dans l'art > Expositions. exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Catalogues d'exposition.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Daniel H. Weiss and Louis Marchesano
Preface / Paul M. Farber
Introduction. The making and meaning of monuments / Paul M. Farber
Life imitates art. On the Rocky statue / Laura M. Holzman
On the Rocky films / Carrie Rickey
On cinematography / Garrett Brown
On sculpture / A. Thomas Schomberg
Monuments and public memory. On steps / Christian Gonzalez
On monuments / Kirk Savage
On public art / Alex Da Corte
On the athlete / Salamishah Tillet
Philly: power and place. On Philadelphia neighborhoods / Laurie Allen
On underdogs / Malcolm Jenkins
On historic preservation / Brent Leggs
Still fighting. On the poetry of boxing / Eleanor Nairne
On myth / Yolanda Wisher
On endurance / Caro Campos
On ritual / Thomas Devaney
Selected exhibition works. Enshrining the boxer
Monuments to modernity
Primetime
Philly: power and place
Rocky and the making of a monument
Still fighting.