"In the Arts and Crafts Style" describes the history and hallmarks of this timeless home decor motif. Tracing the history of the movement from its European origins through to its American variations, including California's Mission style, it highlights the work of influential masters such as William Morris, Gustav Stickley, Charles Voysey, Greene ...
Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee's Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making ...
"Painted Ponies" is a celebration of the magic and joy that these whirling fantasies of armored chargers, galloping Indian ponies, fiery military steeds and magical menagerie figures have brought to all of us. Now recognized as vanishing treasures, the last of these classic, wooden carousels were carved in the 1920s by immigrant craftsmen. A ...
The traditional applique panels know as "molas" are indigenous to the San Blas islands of Panama where they are made by the Kuna Indians. But with their brilliant colours and delightful folk-art designs, molas have long been prized by collectors, artists and admirers around the globe. More than 25 projects demonstrate how to apply traditional mola ...
A revised and expanded edition of the classic work on hex-sign barn decorations, offering insight into their various forms, geographical spread, European origins, evolution in Pennsylvania, and current use in tourism, advertising, and regional art. The authors explore the meaning of the symbols by examining evidence from popular writers, scholars, ...
Scores of lovely designs, adapted from authentic images used in the ancient art of henna body painting, incorporate scores of lovely patterns. Used to cover hands, forearms, and feet during celebrations, these 166 black-and-white designs include fine line, lacy, and paisley motifs, as well as assorted floral borders, heart-shaped insets, and ...
The imaginative, often bizarre decorations that enliven fairgrounds, amusement parks and carnivals have a never-ending appeal to the popular imagination. Stunning carved and painted carousel horses, sinister mechanical targets, terrifying rides and alluring freak show banners are among the many wildly ornamented devices that use sex, horror and ...
This volume surveys Arts and Crafts design in Britain, America, and Europe, as applied to architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, metalworks, textiles, and books.
This excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains 3,000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through the Victorians: chairs, thrones, crowns, heraldic emblems, altars, armor, architecture, and more.
A wide variety of things to make from around the globe, including African spirit mini masks, Guatemalan plate designs, Korean dragon puppets, and a Mexican folk art tree of life. The directions are simple and clear, and the text encourages children to understand the cultural significance of what they're making.
Contrary to popular mythology, it was with paint brushes in hand, not a guitar, that Guthrie hit the road for California. So begins Nora Guthrie's fascinating revelations about her father's vast body of artwork.
In "Mexican Details", designers Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr travel throughout Mexico and the Southwest in celebration of the character-rich details of Mexican furniture, architectural elements, and handcrafted accents that resonate with beauty and originality. From chip carved benches and hand-hewn tortilla tables to painted trunks and carved ...
Guiding principle of Eastern art and design, focusing on the interaction between positive and negative space, demonstrated in 6 problems of progressive difficulty. Solutions will fascinate artists and designers. 101 illustrations.
Zuni pueblo in western New Mexico is renowned for its small carved stone animal figurines, or fetishes. A fetish is an object, natural or man-made, in which a spirit is thought to reside and which can be used to effect either good or evil. According to legend, when a man finds a rock that resembles an animal, he has in his possession one of the ...
Since the 19th century, the women of Gee?s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, 30 black-and-white illustrations, and charts, Gee?s Bend to Rehoboth is being·released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the ...
This is the only Christmas book published by the editors of Country Woman, a magazine with over 2.3 million subscribers. The book features traditional family recipes, fun crafts, quick and easy decorations, and nostalgic looks from folks who opened their hearts to share the spirit of this special holiday season. Full-color photos.
Featuring contemporary folk art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this volume honors the exceptional insight, wit and reverence of a host of underestimated painters and sculptors including S.L. Jones, Jon Serl, Rev. Howard Finster, Josephus Farmer, Albina Felski, and Alexander Maldonado. 52 color illustrations.
This standard reference, long familiar to students of Chinese culture, emphasizes the historical, legendary, or supernatural persons, animals, and objects as symbols in art and literature. 402 illustrations.
San Francisco's legendary Mission District boasts a greater concentration of street art than any other neighbourhood in the world. Beginning in the early 1970s as a form of social and political activism, a vibrant public mural movement has flourished in this dynamic, multicultural community. The result is a spectacular, ever-changing urban ...
The quintessential guide to folk art in America, based on the landmark Whitney Museum exhibit of 1974, illustrates more than 400 outstanding examples of American craft, covering four major categories--painted, drawn, or stitched pictures; sculpture; architectural decoration; and decorated household objects. 400 b&w and full-color illustrations.
For two decades "Art From Many Hands" has been the resource of choice for teachers wanting to foster cultural awareness and teach about the world's artistic traditions. Authentic works of art coupled with background on a region's cultural practices launch studio projects that explore diverse crafts processes. Concise, step-by-step instructions ...
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