American Figureheads and Their Carvers
Author : Pauline A. Pinckney
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Figureheads of ships
ISBN :
Author : Pauline A. Pinckney
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Figureheads of ships
ISBN :
Author : Erwin Ottomar Christensen
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486218403
Engaging survey of nearly 200 years of great native folk art: weathervanes, portraits, Indians, ship figureheads, toys, decoys, etc. 17th through 19th century. Styles, uses, technical information, makers. 68 illustrations.
Author : Jean Lipman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486228167
The carved and painted figures collected in this exceptional book are excellent examples of a wide-spread American folk art tradition that flourished from the middle of the 18th to the end of the 19th-century. 183 photographic illustrations, 4 reproduced in full-color on the covers. List of illustrations. Extensive bibliography.
Author : Ralph Sessions
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780691120812
"Ralph Sessions not only highlights the work of shipcarvers throughout the eastern United States and Canada but also presents new information on carving workshops in New York City, America's key shipbuilding center from around 1820 until after the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Gerard C. Wertkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135956154
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.
Author : Michael Stammers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Figureheads of ships
ISBN : 9781861762429
Author :
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780807827949
This book presents watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts in the Index of American Design, a visual archive of decorative, folk, and popular arts made in America from the colonial period to about 1900. Three essays explore the history, operation, and ambitions of the Index of American Design, examine folk art collecting in America during the early decades of the twentieth century, and consider the Index's role in the search for a national cultural identity in the early twentieth-century United States.
Author : Barbara Cooney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 17,94 MB
Release : 1985-11-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101654929
A beloved classic—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of two-time Caldecott winner Barbara Cooney's best-loved book, the illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Author : Jay S. Hanna
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780937822142
Jay S. Hanna was a professional carver and modelmaker for more than 40 years. His models will be found on display in such institutions as the Mariner's Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Maine Maritime Museum, and in many private collections. His carvings adorn many yachts and cruise schooners, as well as stores and homes.
Author : Deanna Fernie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1351931547
Deanna Fernie analyzes the significance of sculpture in Hawthorne's fiction through the recurring motif of the fragment in its double guise as ruin and project. Her book casts new light on Hawthorne's memorable ruined and unfinished images, from the rough-hewn figurehead of 'Drowne's Wooden Image' (1844) to the tattered letter 'A' in the unfinished loft of the Custom House in The Scarlet Letter (1850) and the unfinished bust of Donatello in The Marble Faun (1860). Fernie shows how the tension between the formed and unformed enabled Hawthorne to interrogate the origins and the distinctive possibilities of art in America in relation to established European models. At the same time, she suggests that sculpture challenged and provoked Hawthorne's shaping of his own specifically literary art, stimulating him to develop its capacities for expressing irresolution and change. Fernie establishes the intellectual contexts for her study through a discussion of sculpture and fragmentary form as revealed in American, British, and Continental thought. Her book will be an important text not only for American literature scholars but also for anyone interested in British and Continental Romanticism and the intersections of art and literature.