Frontier Women And Their Art
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Author |
: Mary Ellen Snodgrass |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 373 |
Release |
: 2018-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781538109762 |
ISBN-13 |
: 153810976X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Frontier Women and Their Art by : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
While often less celebrated than their male counterparts, women have been vital contributors to the arts for centuries. Works by women of the frontier represent treasured accomplishments of American culture and still impress us today, centuries after their creation. The breadth of creative expression by women of this time period is as impressive as the women themselves. In Frontier Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia, Mary Ellen Snodgrass explores the rich history of women’s creative expression from the beginning of the Federalist era to the end of the 19th century. Focusing particularly on Western artistic style, the importance of cultural exchange, and the preservation of history, this book captures a wide variety of artistic accomplishment, such as: Folk music, frontier theatrics, and dancing Quilting, stitchery, and beadwork Sculpture and adobe construction Writing, translations, and storytelling Individual talents highlighted in this volume include basketry by Nellie Charlie, acting by Blanche Bates, costuming by Annie Oakley, diary entries from Emily French, translations by Sacajawea, flag designs by Nancy Kelsey, photography by Jennie Ross Cobb, and singing by Lotta Crabtree. Each entry includes a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, as well as further readings on the female artists and their respective crafts. This text also defines and provides examples of technical terms such as applique, libretto, grapevine, farce, coil pots, and quilling. With its informative entries and extensive examinations of artistic talent, Frontier Women and Their Art is a valuable resource for students, scholars, and anyone interested in learning about some of the most influential and talented women in the arts.
Author |
: David W. Penney |
Publisher |
: Detroit Inst of Arts |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0295973188 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780295973180 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Art of the American Indian Frontier by : David W. Penney
Art of the American Indian Frontier examines an incomparable collection of nineteenth-century Native American art from the North American Woodlands, Prairie, and Plains. The collection resulted from the efforts of Milford G. Chandler and Richard A. Pohrt, whose early childhood fascination with the Indian frontier past evolved into a deep and comprehensive interest in Native American ceremonies, beliefs, and art. Though neither was wealthy or enjoyed the sponsorship of a museum, they traveled extensively early in the twentieth century, buying or trading for objects they could not resist. This volume presents the Detroit Institute of Art's Chandler-Pohrt collection with detailed documentation and commentary. Clothing and accessories of porcupine quill and buckskin, woven textiles, bags, beadwork, necklaces, rawhide paintings, smoking pipes, tools, vessels and utensils, pictographs, and visionary paintings are portrayed in 220 stunning color plates. Complementing the illustrations are essays dealing with historical context, ethnographic issues, and the lives and philosophies of the collectors.
Author |
: Mary Ellen Snodgrass |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 219 |
Release |
: 2019-11-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781538117200 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1538117207 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Caribbean Women and Their Art by : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Overlooked in the history of artistic endeavors are the contributions of female writers, painters, and crafters of the Caribbean. The creative works by women from the Caribbean proves to be as remarkable as the women themselves. In Caribbean Women and Their Art: An Encyclopedia, Mary Ellen Snodgrass explores the rich history of women’s creative expression by examining the crafts and skill of over 70 female originators in the West Indies, from the familiar islands—Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico—to the obscurity of Roatan, Curaçao, Guanaja, and Indian Key. Focusing particularly on artistic style during the arrival of Europeans among the West Indies, the importance of cultural exchange, and the preservation of history, this book captures a wide variety of artistic accomplishment, including Folk music, acting, and dance Herbalism and food writing Sculpture, pottery, and adobe construction Travel writing, translations, and storytelling Individual talents highlighted in this volume include dancer Katherine Dunham, storyteller Louise Bennett-Coverley, paleontologist Sue Hendrickson, dramatist Maryse Condé, herbalist and memoirist Mary Jane Seacole, ballerina and choreographer Alicia Alonso, and athor Elsie Clews Parsons. Each entry includes a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, as well as further readings on the female artists and their respective crafts. This text also defines and provides examples of technical terms such as ramada, slip, hematite, patois, and mola. With its informative entries and extensive examinations of artistic talent, Caribbean Women and Their Art: An Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for students, scholars, and anyone interested in learning about some of the most influential and talented women in the arts.
Author |
: Linda L. Osmundson |
Publisher |
: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1455618780 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781455618781 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the West was Drawn by : Linda L. Osmundson
Discusses female artists of the American West, with pictures by Georgia O'Keeffe, Alice Cleaver, Jesse Benton Evans, Marjorie Reed, and ten others.
Author |
: Virginia G. Berry |
Publisher |
: Bayeux Arts, Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015064869558 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Taming the Frontier by : Virginia G. Berry
Virginia Berry chronicles the remarkable influence of women on the arts of the Canadian West during the major part of the last century. Meticulosly researched record of courage and determination
Author |
: Phil Kovinick |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 454 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015047060572 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West by : Phil Kovinick
This encyclopedia is a biographical dictionary of some 1,000 women artists of the American West. The product of a twenty-year, coast-to-coast research project by authors Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, it offers accurate, concise introductions to women painters, graphic artists, and sculptors, all of whom achieved recognition as depictors of Western subjects between the 1840s and 1980. Their styles range from representationalism to early modernism, while their works depict everything from bold landscapes and scenes of intensive action to studies of Native Americans, pioneers, ranchers, farmers, wildlife, and flora. Each entry in the encyclopedia features the salient facts of the artist's life and career, with attention to her work with Western subject matter. Many of the entries also contain a selected list of the artist's exhibitions, current locations of her work in public collections, pertinent references, and a black-and-white example of her work. An overview of the history of women in western art complements the biographical entries.
Author |
: Megan Bryson |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2016-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781503600454 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1503600459 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goddess on the Frontier by : Megan Bryson
Dali is a small region on a high plateau in Southeast Asia. Its main deity, Baijie, has assumed several gendered forms throughout the area's history: Buddhist goddess, the mother of Dali's founder, a widowed martyr, and a village divinity. What accounts for so many different incarnations of a local deity? Goddess on the Frontier argues that Dali's encounters with forces beyond region and nation have influenced the goddess's transformations. Dali sits at the cultural crossroads of Southeast Asia, India, and Tibet; it has been claimed by different countries but is currently part of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Megan Bryson incorporates historical-textual studies, art history, and ethnography in her book to argue that Baijie provided a regional identity that enabled Dali to position itself geopolitically and historically. In doing so, Bryson provides a case study of how people craft local identities out of disparate cultural elements and how these local identities transform over time in relation to larger historical changes—including the increasing presence of the Chinese state.
Author |
: Erin H. Turner |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2016-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493023349 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1493023349 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wild West Women by : Erin H. Turner
Wild West Women features the true stories of the pioneering wives, mothers, daughters, teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists who shaped the frontier and helped change the face of American history. These fifty stories cover the Western experience from Kansas City to Sacramento and the Yukon to the Texas Gulf.
Author |
: Dawn Glanz |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 1978 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:886328693 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the West was Drawn by : Dawn Glanz
Author |
: Ben Marsh |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2012-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820343976 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820343978 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Georgia's Frontier Women by : Ben Marsh
Ranging from Georgia's founding in the 1730s until the American Revolution in the 1770s, Georgia's Frontier Women explores women's changing roles amid the developing demographic, economic, and social circumstances of the colony's settling. Georgia was launched as a unique experiment on the borderlands of the British Atlantic world. Its female population was far more diverse than any in nearby colonies at comparable times in their formation. Ben Marsh tells a complex story of narrowing opportunities for Georgia's women as the colony evolved from uncertainty toward stability in the face of sporadic warfare, changes in government, land speculation, and the arrival of slaves and immigrants in growing numbers. Marsh looks at the experiences of white, black, and Native American women-old and young, married and single, working in and out of the home. Mary Musgrove, who played a crucial role in mediating colonist-Creek relations, and Marie Camuse, a leading figure in Georgia's early silk industry, are among the figures whose life stories Marsh draws on to illustrate how some frontier women broke down economic barriers and wielded authority in exceptional ways. Marsh also looks at how basic assumptions about courtship, marriage, and family varied over time. To early settlers, for example, the search for stability could take them across race, class, or community lines in search of a suitable partner. This would change as emerging elites enforced the regulation of traditional social norms and as white relationships with blacks and Native Americans became more exploitive and adversarial. Many of the qualities that earlier had distinguished Georgia from other southern colonies faded away.