Download or read book American Weathervanes written by Robert Shaw and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. This American art form has long been an enduring part of the country's skylines. Early church steeples were graced with weathercocks, following a European tradition that dates to the MiddleAges. America's first documented vane maker, metalsmith Shem Drowne of Boston, crafted a number of surviving vanes, including the iconic golden grasshopper that has topped the city's Faneuil Hall since 1742. Farmers, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen proudly fashioned roosters, cows, horses, and other forms for country barns, and as the tradition and public demand expanded over the course of the nineteenth century, so did the diversity of forms, which grew to fill the mail order catalogs of commercial manufacturers in Boston, New York, and other cities. Today, weathervanes hold a well-established place in the canon of American folk art and American Weathervanes celebrates this artistry in the most up-to-date and authoritative work on the subject. Lavishly illustrated with masterworks from prominent private and public collections, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who collects or simply admires American vernacular art and sculpture.
Download or read book Folk Art Weather Vanes written by John A. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful book contains detailed patterns of 68 beautiful weather vanes, each modelled on an original American folk art masterpiece. The complete instructions -- for enlarging and reducing the patterns, making the weather vane, and putting together the standard that supports the weather vane -- make it easy to know which way the wind blows. But that's not all: you can use these charming patterns for dozens of other folk art projects, including Christmas ornaments, cribbage boards, bookends, chopping boards and children's toys.
Download or read book American Antique Weather Vanes written by A.B. & W.T. Westervelt and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westervelt's extensively illustrated 1883 catalog, illustrating over 550 copper weathervanes and finials, is herein reprinted. An extraordinarily wide range of styles and motifs. Publisher's Note.
Download or read book American Folk Art in Wood Metal and Stone written by Jean Lipman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The carved and painted figures collected in this exceptional book are excellent examples of a wide-spread American folk art tradition that flourished from the middle of the 18th to the end of the 19th-century. 183 photographic illustrations, 4 reproduced in full-color on the covers. List of illustrations. Extensive bibliography.
Download or read book Making a Copper Weathervane written by Bruce Helmreich and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using over 290 crisp color images, 25 detailed line drawings, and concise text, Bruce Helmreich guides readers through the steps necessary to build a hand-hammered copper weathervane. This step-by-step guide transforms a sheet of copper into a fully functioning weathervane. Folk art subjects used in American weathervanes are shown, including domesticated and wild animals, birds, occupations, patriotic themes, and transportation. Create your own design or use the complete set of plans included to produce a traditional rooster weathervane. Using basic tools (tin snips and hammers), ageless techniques, and sheet copper available at your local sheet metal shop, this book will teach you how to make a weathervane that will serve your roof for years. Whether you are an experienced metal worker, or a woodworker who is looking for a challenge, this is the book for you.
Download or read book Folk Art Weather Vanes written by Stackpole Books and published by . This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of the Weathervane written by Steve Miller and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From classic folk art styles to never-before-seen designs, weathervanes from many sources illustrate the distinctive vitality of this artistic form. 60 color plates bring many weathervanes to life visually, as they serve as both practical wind direction indicators and decorative architectural ornaments. Manufacturers are identified and their backgrounds are explored.
Download or read book Folk Art in America written by Adele Earnest and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic reference to the rise in popularity of folk artists in America, this book presents 258 photos of early folk art pieces, including decoys, whirligigs and carvings, and tells the history of the folk art movement from the early 20th century and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. Anecdote is blended with history as pioneer collector Earnest shares her experiences and folk art treasures with readers.
Download or read book Drawing on America s Past written by and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts in the Index of American Design, a visual archive of decorative, folk, and popular arts made in America from the colonial period to about 1900. Three essays explore the history, operation, and ambitions of the Index of American Design, examine folk art collecting in America during the early decades of the twentieth century, and consider the Index's role in the search for a national cultural identity in the early twentieth-century United States.
Download or read book Weather Vanes written by Charles Klamkin and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the early history and construction of weather vanes and examines designs that flourished in America.
Download or read book A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs written by Robert Bishop and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk Art in American Life written by Robert Bishop and published by Penguin Putnam. This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Richly illustrated with over 260 color plates, Folk Art in American Life presents a broad sampling of the wealth and variety of American folk art from the late seventeenth century through the late twentieth century. Its scope includes objects from many diverse subject areas - from paintings to household furnishings of many kinds, to textiles, to sculpture, to environments."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Spiritually Moving written by Thomas H. Geismar and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1998 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a private collection of American folk art sculpture. Weather vanes are the focus of this collection of mostly 19th-century pieces, but included are ship's figureheads, decoys, and a painting of a stalking tiger, reproduced in a four-page gatefold. All the sculpture has been specially photographed for this book, with many pieces shown in double page spreads and from multiple perspectives.
Download or read book Yankee Weathervanes written by Myrna Kaye and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1975 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early American Wood Carving written by Erwin Ottomar Christensen and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging survey of nearly 200 years of great native folk art: weathervanes, portraits, Indians, ship figureheads, toys, decoys, etc. 17th through 19th century. Styles, uses, technical information, makers. 68 illustrations.
Download or read book American Radiance written by Museum of American Folk Art and published by . This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Combining new research, never-before-published color photographs, and detailed entries on each artwork, American Radiance is indispensable for students and collectors, yet broadly appealing to the folk art market. The book celebrates the opening of the Museum's new building, where the Esmerian Collection is the widely publicized inaugural exhibition."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book American Primitive written by Roger Ricco and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1988 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains photos of over 400 pieces of American primitive sculpture.
