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- catalog abstract ""This book, the most comprehensive survey ever assembled, takes America's rich heritage of vernacular art out of the antiques arena and the specialty museum and into today's art world. A book that crosses over conventional art historical categories, American Vernacular presents hundreds of newly identified and never before published objects, from carnival figures to religious totems, from antique trade signs to the most spectacular examples of carved canes. The book reveals the powerful strains of imagination that have shaped the American visual landscape and continue to nourish cutting-edge artists today." "With over four hundred color photographs and insightful commentary by leading experts, American Vernacular is a thorough and engaging exploration that is essential reading for collectors, artists, and anyone interested in the instinctive creative process."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12599709.
- catalog contributor b12599710.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""This book, the most comprehensive survey ever assembled, takes America's rich heritage of vernacular art out of the antiques arena and the specialty museum and into today's art world. A book that crosses over conventional art historical categories, American Vernacular presents hundreds of newly identified and never before published objects, from carnival figures to religious totems, from antique trade signs to the most spectacular examples of carved canes. The book reveals the powerful strains of imagination that have shaped the American visual landscape and continue to nourish cutting-edge artists today." "With over four hundred color photographs and insightful commentary by leading experts, American Vernacular is a thorough and engaging exploration that is essential reading for collectors, artists, and anyone interested in the instinctive creative process."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Animals and decoys -- Canes -- Carnival and circus figures -- Figures and faces -- Relgion and symbolism -- Self-taught and outsider -- Trade stimulators -- Utilitarian -- Weather vanes and whirligigs.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (page 27) and index.".
- catalog extent "303 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0821227807".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Little, Brown,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "730/.973 21".
- catalog subject "Folk art United States.".
- catalog subject "NK805 .M26 2002".
- catalog subject "Sculpture, American.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Animals and decoys -- Canes -- Carnival and circus figures -- Figures and faces -- Relgion and symbolism -- Self-taught and outsider -- Trade stimulators -- Utilitarian -- Weather vanes and whirligigs.".
- catalog title "American vernacular : new discoveries in folk, self-taught, and outside sculpture / Frank Maresca, Roger Ricco ; introduction by Margit Rowell ; essay by Joseph Jacobs ; chapter introductions by Lyle Rexer.".
- catalog type "text".