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- catalog abstract ""Wild By Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the early nineteenth century to the present, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts." "From the state fair to the clothesline, women have sought ways to exhibit the beauty and optical effects of their quilts. The "quilting frolic" of the nineteenth century was for many women an alternative to the art academy and the salon. Janet Berlo reminds us that quilts were a valued form of artistic expression, meant to be shared and admired among the company of other women." "Over fifty applique and pieced quilts are illustrated, chosen from the collections of the International Quilt Study Center for their outstanding visual qualities. Each is accompanied by a dialogue among quilt experts that illustrates the varied dimensions of quilts as aesthetic objects of the highest order and as reflections of the lives and societies of their makers. This multifaceted analysis of quilts sheds light on the histories of women, textiles, and American art and culture."--Jacket.".
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- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Wild By Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the early nineteenth century to the present, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts." "From the state fair to the clothesline, women have sought ways to exhibit the beauty and optical effects of their quilts. The "quilting frolic" of the nineteenth century was for many women an alternative to the art academy and the salon. Janet Berlo reminds us that quilts were a valued form of artistic expression, meant to be shared and admired among the company of other women." "Over fifty applique and pieced quilts are illustrated, chosen from the collections of the International Quilt Study Center for their outstanding visual qualities. Each is accompanied by a dialogue among quilt experts that illustrates the varied dimensions of quilts as aesthetic objects of the highest order and as reflections of the lives and societies of their makers. This multifaceted analysis of quilts sheds light on the histories of women, textiles, and American art and culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Michael James -- International Quilt Study Center collections / Patricia Cox Crews -- "Acts of pride, desperation, and necessity": aesthetics, social history, and American quilts / Janet Catherine Berlo -- Catalogue of quilts / Janet Catherine Berlo, Patricia Cox Crews, Carolyn Ducey, Jonathan Holstein.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156).".
- catalog extent "xii, 158 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0295983094 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln, Neb. : International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "746.46/0973 21".
- catalog subject "NK9112 .W54 2003".
- catalog subject "Quilts United States Catalogs.".
- catalog subject "Quilts United States.".
- catalog subject "University of Nebraska--Lincoln. International Quilt Study Center Catalogs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Michael James -- International Quilt Study Center collections / Patricia Cox Crews -- "Acts of pride, desperation, and necessity": aesthetics, social history, and American quilts / Janet Catherine Berlo -- Catalogue of quilts / Janet Catherine Berlo, Patricia Cox Crews, Carolyn Ducey, Jonathan Holstein.".
- catalog title "Wild by design : two hundred years of innovation and artistry in American quilts / Janet Catherine Berlo and Patricia Cox Crews ; with contributions by Carolyn Ducey, Jonathan Holstein, and Michael James.".
- catalog type "text".