A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847843815 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Lewis Biddle. Great folk art book!! Lewis Biddle. "Nice" according to Elizabeth. Like it a lot.. "Four Stars" according to Elizabeth Stillinger. Interesting.
An unparalleled introduction to American folk art, accompanying a major traveling exhibition. This richly illustrated volume includes rare and very fine portraits, radiant still lifes and landscapes, a mature version of The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, playful animal sculptures and trade signs, and ornately painted German American furniture. With newly researched texts by leading scholars, this publication makes an important contribution to the field.. A handsome and insightful survey of American folk art, this book includes paintings, sculptures, furniture, and household objects made by untrained—or mi
The author points out that more vernacular art than mainstream art was produced. "The message of the introductory essay by Richard Miller, a former curator at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, is that the complete story of American art has not been told because folk art, the vernacular art of the common man, has been ignored by art historians and relegated to the last galleries in museums after the story of mainstream academic American art has been told. The essays and the catalog entries put the collection in context, giving facts of the artists’ lives and footnoting the research that has identified an artist’s hand or regional traditions. The catalog provides an armchair tour, with thought-provoking essays and an informative catalog that footnotes
Avis Berman is an independent art historian based in New York. Ralph Sessions is director of special projects at the DC Moore Gallery in New York and former chief curator at the American Folk Art Museum, New York. Barbara L. . Gordon is a folk art collector and trustee of the American Folk Art Museum, New York. Richard Miller is an