OVER 260 COLOR PLATES A GREAT COLLECTION OF 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN FOLK ART AND WHAT IT TOLD US ABOUT AMERICAN SOCIETY THROUGH ARTISTIC CREATIIONS BY REGULAR PEOPLE PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART A SALUTE TO AMERICAN INGENUITY WITH PIECES DESIGNED OUT OF NECESSITY AND FOR THE SHEER JOY OF WHAT WAS FOR MANY A RELAXING PASTIME PAINTING , FURNITURE , QUILTS AND OTHER WHIMISCAL CREATIONS STATED FIRST EDITION FULL NUMBER LINE JACKET IS BRIGHT COMPLETE AND UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL PRICE 29.95.

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Title: FOLK ART IN AMERICAN LIFE
Publisher: VIKING STUDIO BOOKS, NY
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0670857173
ISBN 13: 9780670857173
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: PHOTOS
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Two outstanding authorities offer a unique survey of American folk art from the 1680s to the 1980s, covering painting, furniture, pottery, textiles, and landscape, and complemented by more than two hundred full-color photographs. 25,000 first printing. National ad/promo.

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The late Bishop, former director of the Museum of American Folk Art, was recognized as the foremost authority on native folk arts. Completed by Atkins (art, New York Univ. Graduate Sch. of Education) after Bishop's death in 1991, this book focuses on nearly 400 years of creative energy but is limited geographically to the Northeastern United States?an area the authors felt most strongly influenced succeeding artists working in the folk genre. The result is a rich summation of a lifelong passion but covers little new ground. The authors' aim was to show the unique contributions of America's diverse immigrant groups, but many of the paintings, weathervanes, figureheads, furniture, and textiles will already be familiar to students of American art history and readers of Bishop's other books. Recommended for comprehensive collections and where folk art resources are in demand.?Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
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