Author: Roger RiccoPublisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Contains photos of over 400 pieces of American primitive sculpture.
American Primitive
Author: Roger RiccoPublisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Contains photos of over 400 pieces of American primitive sculpture.
Primitive
Author: Janice N. HarringtonPublisher: BOA Editions
ISBN: 9781942683209
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Biographical poems on artist Horace H. Pippin, who left an invaluable record of African American life during World War I.
Primitive Art
Author: Ferdinand AntonPublisher: New York : H. N. Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Folk Art Fusion: Americana
Author: Joy LaformePublisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1633224643
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Fans of Charles Wysocki, Mary Engelbreit, Grandma Moses, and folk art in general will fall in love with this guide to painting, organized by seasons. Featuring projects that instruct artists of all skill levels how to draw and paint subjects that include quaint homes, pretty patterns, colorful gardens, picturesque farms, beautiful birds, and textured florals, this book features American-themed folk art infused with a modern twist. Beginning with an overview of what folk art is, followed by introductory topics like color, tools and materials, and drawing and painting techniques, Folk Art Fusion: Americana also includes sixteen simple step-by-step projects done in approachable and popular mediums. Rounding out the book is a gallery of folk-art pieces sure to inspire lovers of all things Americana. Simultaneously fresh and nostalgic, Folk Art Fusion: Americana draws on America’s rich artistic tradition and heritage and provides a fun, accessible take on creating beloved scenes from the heartland.
Primitive Art
Author: Franz BoasPublisher: Amberg Press
ISBN: 9781473310414
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Primitive Art' is an attempt to give an analytical description of the fundamental traits of primitive art. Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Germany. Boas enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. He completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. He became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association
Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980
Author: Jane LivingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Forms from African and American popular arts, photojournalism, advertising, voodoo and the landscape reflect oral traditions of black culture: rural legends, popular history, Biblical stories, revivalism. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Primitive Art in Civilized Places
Author: Sally PricePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226680675
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Mystique of Connoisseurship2. The Universality Principle3. The Night Side of Man4. Anonymity and Timelessness5. Power Plays6. Objets d'Art and Ethnographic Artifacts7. From Signature to Pedigree8. A Case in PointAfterwordNotesReferences CitedIllustration Credits Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
American Primitive
Author: Mary OliverPublisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 9780316650045
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Her most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive contains fifty visionary poems about nature, the humanity in love, and the wilderness of America, both within our bodies and outside. "American Primitive enchants me with the purity of its lyric voice, the loving freshness of its perceptions, and the singular glow of a spiritual life brightening the pages." -- Stanley Kunitz "These poems are natural growths out of a loam of perception and feeling, and instinctive skill with language makes them seem effortless. Reading them is a sensual delight." -- May Swenson
Self-taught Artists of the 20th Century
Author: Elsa Weiner LonghauserPublisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Today the work of so-called "outsider" artists is receiving unprecedented attention. This major critical appraisal of America's 20th-century self-taught artists coincides with a major 1998 traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. While some of these artists have received critical recognition, others remain virtually unknown, following their muse regardless. 150 color images.
"Primitivism" in 20th century art : affinity of the tribal and the modern ; [published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title shown at the following museums: The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Detroit Institute of Arts; Dallas Museum of Art]
Author: William Stanley RubinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870705342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Published for an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1984.