Author: Jane Kallir
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Contains one hundred illustrations representing the most significant aspects of the folk art tradition, with extensive footnotes and a biographical index of the major artists.
The Folk Art Tradition
Author: Jane Kallir
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Contains one hundred illustrations representing the most significant aspects of the folk art tradition, with extensive footnotes and a biographical index of the major artists.
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Contains one hundred illustrations representing the most significant aspects of the folk art tradition, with extensive footnotes and a biographical index of the major artists.
Art and Faith in Mexico
Author: Elizabeth Netto Calil Zarur
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826323248
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Studies retabloes--Mexican paintings on tin created in the latter half of the nineteenth century--from art, religious, and historical perspectives, and discusses efforts made to restore and conserve the artwork.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826323248
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Studies retabloes--Mexican paintings on tin created in the latter half of the nineteenth century--from art, religious, and historical perspectives, and discusses efforts made to restore and conserve the artwork.
Folk Art from the American Museum in Britain
Author: Laura Beresford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857596762
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs of American folk art housed in the American Museum in Britain.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857596762
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs of American folk art housed in the American Museum in Britain.
American Genre Painting
Author: Elizabeth Johns
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300057546
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
American genre painting flourished in the thirty years before the Civil War, a period of rapid social change that followed the election of President Andrew Jackson. It has long been assumed that these paintings--of farmers, western boatmen and trappers, blacks both slave and free, middle-class women, urban urchins, and other everyday folk--served as records of an innocent age, reflecting a Jacksonian optimism and faith in the common man. In this enlightening book Elizabeth Johns presents a different interpretation--arguing that genre paintings had a social function that related in a more significant and less idealistic way to the political and cultural life of the time. Analyzing works by William Sidney Mount, George Caleb Bingham, David Gilmore Blythe, Lilly Martin Spencer, and others, Johns reveals the humor and cynicism in the paintings and places them in the context of stories about the American character that appeared in sources ranging from almanacs and newspapers to joke books and political caricature. She compares the productions of American painters with those of earlier Dutch, English, and French genre artists, showing the distinctive interests of American viewers. Arguing that art is socially constructed to meet the interests of its patrons and viewers, she demonstrates that the audience for American genre paintings consisted of New Yorkers with a highly developed ambition for political and social leadership, who enjoyed setting up citizens of the new democracy as targets of satire or condescension to satisfy their need for superiority. It was this network of social hierarchies and prejudices--and not a blissful celebration of American democracy--that informed the look and the richly ambiguous content of genre painting.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300057546
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
American genre painting flourished in the thirty years before the Civil War, a period of rapid social change that followed the election of President Andrew Jackson. It has long been assumed that these paintings--of farmers, western boatmen and trappers, blacks both slave and free, middle-class women, urban urchins, and other everyday folk--served as records of an innocent age, reflecting a Jacksonian optimism and faith in the common man. In this enlightening book Elizabeth Johns presents a different interpretation--arguing that genre paintings had a social function that related in a more significant and less idealistic way to the political and cultural life of the time. Analyzing works by William Sidney Mount, George Caleb Bingham, David Gilmore Blythe, Lilly Martin Spencer, and others, Johns reveals the humor and cynicism in the paintings and places them in the context of stories about the American character that appeared in sources ranging from almanacs and newspapers to joke books and political caricature. She compares the productions of American painters with those of earlier Dutch, English, and French genre artists, showing the distinctive interests of American viewers. Arguing that art is socially constructed to meet the interests of its patrons and viewers, she demonstrates that the audience for American genre paintings consisted of New Yorkers with a highly developed ambition for political and social leadership, who enjoyed setting up citizens of the new democracy as targets of satire or condescension to satisfy their need for superiority. It was this network of social hierarchies and prejudices--and not a blissful celebration of American democracy--that informed the look and the richly ambiguous content of genre painting.
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Author: Gerard C. Wertkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135956146
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1583
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135956146
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1583
Book Description
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.
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Author: Gerard C. Wertkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135956154
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135956154
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
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.
History of Saginaw County, Michigan
Author: Michael A. Leeson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saginaw County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saginaw County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Flying the Colors
Author: Alan Granby
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN: 9781555953515
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flying the Colors is a major addition to the literature of marine painting. It focuses new attention on painters like James Buttersworth as well as the masterful handling of ship rigging and magnificent seas of Antonio Jacobsen. Of interest to any maritime enthusiasts, historians and collectors.
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN: 9781555953515
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flying the Colors is a major addition to the literature of marine painting. It focuses new attention on painters like James Buttersworth as well as the masterful handling of ship rigging and magnificent seas of Antonio Jacobsen. Of interest to any maritime enthusiasts, historians and collectors.
Folk Art Needlepoint
Author: Ruth A. Peltason
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 0307351807
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
A creative handbook for needlepointers introduces twenty colorful projects inspired by objects from the American Folk Art Museum, with needlepoint patterns for a variety of skill levels that are accompanied by photographs of the original folk art piece, detailed instructions, and tips on techniques, thread and canvas selection, and project preparation. 12,500 first printing.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 0307351807
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
A creative handbook for needlepointers introduces twenty colorful projects inspired by objects from the American Folk Art Museum, with needlepoint patterns for a variety of skill levels that are accompanied by photographs of the original folk art piece, detailed instructions, and tips on techniques, thread and canvas selection, and project preparation. 12,500 first printing.
German Folk Art
Author: Ernst Schlee
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description