The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820

The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820
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Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780759119567
ISBN-13 : 0759119562
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820 by : Elizabeth A. Davison

This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing furniture makers during the post-Revolutionary period. Shearer emigrated from Scotland in the late 18th century and retained loyalist sympathies throughout his life, evidenced by the imagery and inscriptions sympathetic to various British causes_such as the suppression of the Irish rebellion in 1798 and the British victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805_that he worked into his furniture. Davison provides insight into the furniture's appeal to Anglo-American patrons, not secret loyalists, but men still culturally tied to Great Britain. Shearer's pieces are scattered among various collections, and many of them have been identified only in the last 25 years. This catalog is the only work in which all of Shearer's known pieces of furniture are presented in a single volume.

Perfect Likeness

Perfect Likeness
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9780300115802
ISBN-13 : 0300115806
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Perfect Likeness by : Cincinnati Art Museum

Diminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals. This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.

The Southern Colonial Backcountry

The Southern Colonial Backcountry
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Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 1572330198
ISBN-13 : 9781572330191
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Southern Colonial Backcountry by : David Colin Crass

This book brings a variety of fresh perspectives to bear on the diverse people and settlements of the eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century southern backcountry. Reflecting the growth of interdisciplinary studies in addressing the backcountry, the volume specifically points to the use of history, archaeology, geography, and material culture studies in examining communities on the southern frontier. Through a series of case studies and overviews, the contributors use cross-disciplinary analysis to look at community formation and maintenance in the backcountry areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These essays demonstrate how various combinations of research strategies, conceptual frameworks, and data can afford a new look at a geographical area and its settlement. The contributors offer views on the evolution of backcountry communities by addressing such topics as migration, kinship, public institutions, transportation and communications networks, land markets and real estate claims, and the role of agricultural development in the emergence of a regional economy. In their discussions of individuals in the backcountry, they also explore the multiracial and multiethnic character of southern frontier society. Yielding new insights unlikely to emerge under a single disciplinary analysis, The Southern Colonial Backcountry is a unique volume that highlights the need for interdisciplinary approaches to the backcountry while identifying common research problems in the field. The Editors: David Colin Crass is the archaeological services unit manager at the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Steven D. Smith is the head of the Cultural Resources Consulting Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Antrhopology. Martha A. Zierden is curator of historical archaeology at The Charleston Museum. Richard D. Brooks is the administrative manager of the Savannah River Archeological Research Program, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Antrhopology. The Contributors: Monica L. Beck, Edward Cashin, Charles H. Faulkner, Elizabeth Arnett Fields, Warren R. Hofstra, David C. Hsiung, Kenneth E. Lewis, Donald W. Linebaugh, Turk McCleskey, Robert D. Mitchell, Michael J. Puglisi, Daniel B. Thorp.

The Larder

The Larder
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9780820345543
ISBN-13 : 0820345547
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Larder by : John T. Edge

"This edited collection presents articles in southern food studies by a range of writers, from established scholars like Psyche Williams-Forson to emerging scholars like Rien Fertel. All are chosen for a combination of accessible writing and solid scholarship and offer stories and historical details that add to our understanding of the complexities of southern food and foodways. The editors have chosen to organize the collection by methodology in part in order to escape what reader Belasco calls "the tradition-inventing, nostalgic approach of so many books about regional foodways." They also aim to advance the field by presenting articles that represent a range of tools and methodologies from disciplines such as history, geography, social sciences, American studies, gender studies, literary theory, visual and aural studies, cultural studies and technology studies that make up the amazingly multifaceted world of academic food studies, in hopes that this structure can help further a conversation about best practices"--

What Clothes Reveal

What Clothes Reveal
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780300095807
ISBN-13 : 0300095805
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis What Clothes Reveal by : Linda Baumgarten

Illustrated with more than 300 color photographs, including many details and back views, What Clothes Reveal treats not only elegant, high-style clothing in colonial America but also garments for everyday and work, the clothing of slaves, and maternity and nursing apparel.".

Great & Noble Jar

Great & Noble Jar
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9780820346168
ISBN-13 : 0820346160
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Great & Noble Jar by : Cinda K. Baldwin

First published in 1993, this was the first authoritative study of South Carolina stoneware and its history, including he methods used to throw, glaze, decorate, and fire the vessels. Illustrated with nearly two hundred photographs (including fifteen color plates), maps, and drawings, plus an index of potters.

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 519
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ISBN-10 : 9781469607993
ISBN-13 : 1469607999
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by : Carol Crown

Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterized southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting. Fifty-two thematic essays examine subjects ranging from colonial portraiture, Moravian material culture, and southern folk pottery to the South's rich quilt-making traditions, memory painting, and African American vernacular art, and 211 topical essays include profiles of major folk and self-taught artists in the region.

Brothers in Clay

Brothers in Clay
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 0820332208
ISBN-13 : 9780820332208
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Brothers in Clay by : John A. Burrison

An illustrated study that tells the story of Georgia's folk pottery tradition, the forces that shaped it, and the families and artisans who continue to keep it alive provides a new preface that summarizes the past decade of southern folk pottery. Reprint.