Book Description
This book contains 275 reproductions of black velvet paintings. It traces the roots of the art form from ancient China and Japan through to Victorian England, the Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Americas.
Author : Carl Baldwin
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780811862073
This book contains 275 reproductions of black velvet paintings. It traces the roots of the art form from ancient China and Japan through to Victorian England, the Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Americas.
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File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2018
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Author : Eric A. Eliason
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 1604737956
Jesus, matadors, panthers, bandits, Native Americans, movie stars, waifs, and, of course, Elvis are recognized icons of the oft-despised, uber-kitsch art form of black velvet painting. In Black Velvet Art author Eric A. Eliason and photographer Scott Squire present a comprehensive overview of this covertly loved and overtly reviled tradition. In cooperation with a network of artists, collectors, importers, and gallery owners in Tijuana, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Calgary, this book draws from the largest survey of velvet painting ever undertaken. The book traces velvet's historical development as a folk art shaped by both Indigenous traditions as well as Western consumer expectations in such markets as the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, and particularly the US-Mexico border and the black velvet capital of Tijuana. In black velvet, class and taste challenge art as a consumer phenomenon, democratic spirit faces down elitism, reproduction questions originality, and sexuality seduces and provokes religiosity. What is most significant about black velvet art to many Americans is its signaling of the nadir of bad taste. Black velvet is the “anti-art” in many ways. Eliason seeks to explore how and why black velvet serves this function and to examine ways it deserves a glowing redemption.
Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
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Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 1872
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Carrie Alexander
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459264231
BLAZE Red-hot reads from Temptation! She has a secret life that must remain secret Amalie Dove: A shy librarian causes a sensation writing very sexy stories under the name Madame X. When the media turns on the spotlight, it's her glamorous friend Lacey who plays the role of famous author of the Black Velvet books. Thomas Jericho: A cynical journalist uncovers the true identity of Madame X. But he isn't ready to expose her. Not until he first exposes those passions that obviously burn beneath little Amalie Dove's demure exterior…. But it's Jericho's walls that come tumbling down.
Author : Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn)
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Page : 352 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 1885
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Page : 938 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Dressmaking
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Author : Charles Jacobs Peterson
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Page : 904 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 1884
Category : American literature
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Author : BEETON
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Page : 696 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 1875
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Page : 722 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 1867
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