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Author : Frederick Fried
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book America's Forgotten Folk Arts written by Frederick Fried and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1978 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Skrdla
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568986159
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Ghostly Ruins written by Harry Skrdla and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With Ghostly Ruins, author Harry Skrdla guides your tour of thirty abandoned locations from around the country - homes and hotels, power plants and prisons, whole neighborhoods and even entire towns. These are the happy memories of your grandparents' and great-grandparents' childhoods, such as the United Artists movie palace in Detroit, the rollercoasters at Chippewa Lake Park in Medina, Ohio, and the Palace of Fine Arts from the Chicago World's Fair." "And then there are the structures that were massive and forbidding even at their peaks, before falling to disrepair: the Bethlehem Steel Mill and Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania and Bannerman's Castle, a munitions depot stranded on a lonely island in upstate New York. Even the works of some of our nation's most revered architects are not impervious to decay. Witness Albert Kahn's Packard Plant and Philip Johnson's New York State Pavilion." "Perhaps eeriest of all are the ghost towns of Bodie, California and Centralia, Pennsylvania, where a trash fire in a nearby mine exploded into an underground inferno in 1962. The fire still blazes today. Skrdla shows you all this and more, telling the tale of each place in its prime and the story behind its fall, accompanied by more than two hundred photographs depicting these locations at both yesterday's historic heights and today's decrepit depths."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (839 download)
Download or read book Eye on America, Folk Art from the Stewart E. Gregory Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerard C. Wertkin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135956146
Total Pages : 1583 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folk Art written by Gerard C. Wertkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 1583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art web site. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of a most fascinating aspect of American history and culture. Generously illustrated with both black and white and full-color photos, this A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of American folk art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry, ceramics, quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and lesser-known genres. Containing more than 600 articles, this unique reference considers individual artists, schools, artistic, ethnic, and religious traditions, and heroes who have inspired folk art. An incomparable resource for general readers, students, and specialists, it will become essential for anyone researching American art, culture, and social history.
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Author : Kristin G. Congdon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313349371
Total Pages : 789 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book American Folk Art [2 volumes] written by Kristin G. Congdon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk art is as varied as it is indicative of person and place, informed by innovation and grounded in cultural context. The variety and versatility of 300 American folk artists is captured in this collection of informative and thoroughly engaging essays. American Folk Art: A Regional Reference offers a collection of fascinating essays on the life and work of 300 individual artists. Some of the men and women profiled in these two volumes are well known, while others are important practitioners who have yet to receive the notice they merit. Because many of the artists in both categories have a clear identity with their land and culture, the work is organized by geographical region and includes an essay on each region to help make connections visible. There is also an introductory essay on U.S. folk art as a whole. Those writing about folk art to date tend to view each artist as either traditional or innovative. One of the major contributions of this work is that it demonstrates that folk artists more often exhibit both traits; they are grounded in their cultural context and creative in the way they make work their own. Such insights expand the study of folk art even as they readjust readers' understanding of who folk artists are.
Author : Jean Lipman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780831762315
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Young America written by Jean Lipman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Hernon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445695316
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book America's Forgotten Wars written by Ian Hernon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What were US troops doing in Sumatra in 1832? And why was there a Korean War in 1844? This book puts US history in a whole new different light.
Author : Rodney Barfield
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483619648
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)
Download or read book America's Forgotten Caste written by Rodney Barfield and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free blacks in antebellum America lived in a twilight world of oppressive laws and customs designed to suppress their mobility and their integration into civil society. Free blacks were free only to the extent of white tolerance in their community or town. They were at the mercy of the lowest members of the dominant race who could punish them on a whim. They were, in the words of a 19th century European traveler to America, "masterless slaves." Nonetheless, many successful and even prominent blacks emerged from the mire of oppressive laws and general public disdain to realize major achievements. Though excluded from the political process, from education, and from most professions they became preachers, teachers, missionaries, contractors, artisans, boat captains, and wealthy entrepreneurs. Members of this twilight social and legal class, which numbered nearly a half million by 1860, made great accomplishments against strong opposition in the first half of the 19th century. The history of America and of American slavery is woefully incomplete without their story.
Author : Robert L. Polley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Download or read book America's Folk Art written by Robert L. Polley and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William C. Ketchum
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book All-American Folk Arts and Crafts written by William C. Ketchum and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by a recognized authority in the field and illustrated with many specially commissioned full-color photographs, the book proudly present the spirit of the American nation as it has been expressed by generations of American craftspeople. The nation's symbols--the eagle, the flag, Uncle Sam, Liberty--and its ideals--freedom, home, religion--have been worked and reworked in many dramatic forms for more than two hundred years. Each artist has imbued his work with his generation's understanding of what the country stands for. The variety of forms of patriotic folk art is matched only by the variety of the artists. Painting and sculpture, carved weathervanes and whirligigs, ceramics, quilts and rugs, toys, painted furniture, shop signs, and religious symbols have been created by men and women of all ages and social levels, some working to earn a living, some working only for the joy of creating. Each chapter covers one symbol or ideal and shows how it has been reproduced in various forms that range from home-spun simplicity to ingenious sophistication, evoking the individuality, self-confidence, and optimism that are central to the American experience."--book jacket.
Author : Jean Lipman
Publisher : Avery
ISBN 13 : 9780670321209
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (212 download)
Download or read book The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876 written by Jean Lipman and published by Avery. This book was released on 1974 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quintessential guide to folk art in America, based on the landmark Whitney Museum exhibit of 1974, illustrates more than 400 outstanding examples of American craft, covering four major categories--painted, drawn, or stitched pictures; sculpture; architectural decoration; and decorated household objects. 400 bandw and full-color illustrations.
Author : Deborah Harding
Publisher : Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books
ISBN 13 : 9780789310866
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Home Sweet Home written by Deborah Harding and published by Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books. This book was released on 2004-04-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "house" is one of American folk art's most popular and prominent motifs, and this beautiful, authoritative volume is the first of its kind to explore this symbol in all major folk art media. The book is also a record of America's lost architectural heritage-- many of the buildings featured are no longer standing. Each chapter focuses on a specific folk art category and includes an in-depth, detailed introduction to the subject followed by a comprehensive gallery of images accompanied by extended captions that provide a symbolic, social, and economic context for each piece. Every folk art format is featured: quilts, rugs, needlework, furnishings, paintings, and drawings, among others. The unique folk art objects presented are culled from dealers' wares, unpublished private and corporate collections, auction houses, and major folk art museums in the country. With its wealth of photography and insightful text, and introduction by Gerard C. Wertkin, Director of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City, Home Sweet Home is an excellent resource for collectors, history and nostalgia buffs, and those interested in Americana.
Author : Simon J. Bronner
Publisher : Scholarly Title
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Folk Art written by Simon J. Bronner and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1984 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jay Johnson
Publisher : New York : Rizzoli
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century written by Jay Johnson and published by New York : Rizzoli. This book was released on 1983 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated guide to American folk artists and their work spans a century of painters from Grandma Moses to Kathy Jakobsen and covers such media as sculpture, pottery, and textile creations.
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0815333501
Total Pages : 1687 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (153 download)
Download or read book American Folklore written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Museum of American Folk Art
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)
Download or read book An Eye on America written by Museum of American Folk Art and published by . This book was released on 1972* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Museum of American Folk Art
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Folk Art written by Museum of American Folk Art and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
