Encyclopedia of American Folk Art

Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 724
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ISBN-10 : 9781135956158
ISBN-13 : 1135956154
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of American Folk Art by : Gerard C. Wertkin

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.

American Workman

American Workman
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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9780822988687
ISBN-13 : 0822988682
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis American Workman by : Maxwell King

American Workman presents a comprehensive, novel reassessment of the life and work of one of America’s most influential self-taught artists, John Kane. With a full account of Kane’s life as a working man, including his time as a steelworker, coal miner, street paver, and commercial painter in and around Pittsburgh in the early twentieth century, the authors explore how these occupations shaped his development as an artist and his breakthrough success in the modern art world. A rough-and-tumble blue-collar man prone to brawling and drinking, Kane also sought out beauty in the industrial world he inhabited. This Kane paradox—brawny and tough, sensitive and creative—was at the heart of much of the public’s interest in Kane as a person. The allure of the Kane saga was heightened all the more by the fact that he did not achieve renown until he was at the age at which most people are retiring from their professions. Kane’s dedication to painting resulted in a fascinating body of work that has ended up in some of America’s most important museums and private collections. His dramatic life story demonstrates the courage, strength, and creativity of his generation of workmen. They may be long gone, but thanks to Kane they cannot be forgotten.

American Studies

American Studies
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 1124
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ISBN-10 : 0521365597
ISBN-13 : 9780521365598
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis American Studies by : Jack Salzman

This volume supplements the acclaimed three volume set published in 1986 and consists of an annotated listing of American Studies monographs published between 1984 and 1988. There are more than 6,000 descriptive entries in a wide range of categories: anthropology and folklore, art and architecture, history, literature, music, political science, popular culture, psychology, religion, science and technology, and sociology.

Gatecrashers

Gatecrashers
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Publisher : University of California Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9780520303423
ISBN-13 : 0520303423
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Gatecrashers by : Katherine Jentleson

After World War I, artists without formal training “crashed the gates” of major museums in the United States, diversifying the art world across lines of race, ethnicity, class, ability, and gender. At the center of this fundamental reevaluation of who could be an artist in America were John Kane, Horace Pippin, and Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses. The stories of these three artists not only intertwine with the major critical debates of their period but also prefigure the call for inclusion in representations of American art today. In Gatecrashers, Katherine Jentleson offers a valuable corrective to the history of twentieth-century art by expanding narratives of interwar American modernism and providing an origin story for contemporary fascination with self-taught artists.

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 3140
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ISBN-10 : 9780195335798
ISBN-13 : 0195335791
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art by : Joan M. Marter

Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.

20th Century American Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Art

20th Century American Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Art
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Publisher : Neal-Schuman Publishers
Total Pages : 504
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105004102062
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis 20th Century American Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Art by : Betty-Carol Sellen

The biographical section of this resource records 1000 US artists. Other sections contain lists of museums with folk, self-taught and outsider art in their permanent collections; galleries; organisations; publications; exhibitions; educational opportunities; and an annotated bibliography.

Self-taught Artists of the 20th Century

Self-taught Artists of the 20th Century
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Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015045637751
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Self-taught Artists of the 20th Century by : Elsa Weiner Longhauser

Today the work of so-called "outsider" artists is receiving unprecedented attention. This major critical appraisal of America's 20th-century self-taught artists coincides with a major 1998 traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. While some of these artists have received critical recognition, others remain virtually unknown, following their muse regardless. 150 color images.

Self-taught Art

Self-taught Art
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 252
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1578063809
ISBN-13 : 9781578063802
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Self-taught Art by : Charles Russell

The first book to give self-taught art the same degree of scholarly attention and critical thinking that mainstream art traditionally receives