Download or read book Scrimshaw and Its Importance as an American Folk Art written by Joseph Frederick Caron and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists written by Stuart M. Frank and published by Mystic Seaport Museum Incorporated. This book was released on 1991 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary is certain to have a major and lasting impact on both the study and the collecting of scrimshaw, that ever-popular folk art of whalemen. In his ground-breaking work, Dr. Frank, Director of the Kendall Whaling Museum, has cataloged every known and recorded scrimshaw artist active through the early twentieth century. His persistent search has unearthed an immense amount of significant, often fascinating, information on these little-known artisans. This book is indispensable to the collector, curator, and scholar of maritime and folk art. The North American Society for Oceanic History named A Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists the best maritime reference book published in 1992.
Download or read book Important American Furniture Silver Prints Scrimshaw and Folk Art written by Christie's (New York, NY) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776 1876 written by Jean Lipman and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1977 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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. View page after page of extraordinary talent, evidenced in weathervanes, ship figureheads, tinware, toys, quilts, painted furniture, and more.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folk Art written by Gerard C. Wertkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art web site. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of a most fascinating aspect of American history and culture. Generously illustrated with both black and white and full-color photos, this A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of American folk art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry, ceramics, quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and lesser-known genres. Containing more than 600 articles, this unique reference considers individual artists, schools, artistic, ethnic, and religious traditions, and heroes who have inspired folk art. An incomparable resource for general readers, students, and specialists, it will become essential for anyone researching American art, culture, and social history.
Download or read book Scrimshaw on Nantucket written by Stuart Frank and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treasury of American Scrimshaw written by Michael McManus and published by Penguin Putnam. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It has been estimated that about 200,000 whalers from New England and New York created scrimshaw. Although these scrimshanders were not artists per se, their work - as can readily be seen and appreciated in the wonderful color plates for this book that are reproduced from the collections of four great American whaling museums - has a compelling beauty that captures one's interest through its display of craftsmanship. This pastime, which is distinctive to American whaling, produced many fascinating objects from the strictly utilitarian to the fully decorative, and they have been organized here in six main sections: For Use on Board, For Use at Home, Made to Be Seen, Known and Supposed Makers, Ornamentation, and Not What It Seems. They comprise an enduring and invaluable legacy of American folk art and history."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Important American Furniture Silver Prints Scrimshaw and Folk Art written by Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scrimshaw written by Whaling Museum Society, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the origins and practice of scrimshaw.
Download or read book Scrimshaw written by Martha Lawrence and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scrimshaw, or whale tooth carving, is historical, beautiful and complex. Over 400 color photos of American scrimshaw folk art pieces and a fascinating text relates the hard, daily life of the nineteenth century sailor/scrimshander aboard whaling ships. The materials, patriotic and romantic themes, and tools used are displayed and explained. Also, modern scrimshaw artists are presented.
Download or read book Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection Presents an Exhibition of Scrimshaw from the Collection of the Mariners Museum April 1 May 30 1965 Williamsburg Virginia written by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection and published by . This book was released on 1965* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folk Art written by Gerard C. Wertkin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by 92 specialists in association with the American Folk Art Museum, the 600 cross-referenced and indexed articles, with bibliographies, included in this selection are the first comprehensive treatment of this influential art form. It includes information on bottle-cap art, canes, carousel art, scrimshaw, quilts, beadwork, and many other genres, as well as information on several visionary artists who still practice their crafts. This work has special appeal for folklorists."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Download or read book Cross Currents written by Joyce Hill and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book American Folk Art written by William C. Jr. Ketchum and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 150 illustrations. Since the time of the earliest settlers, Americans have been expressing their individuality through the embellishment of everyday objects. From furniture and kitchen utensils to weathervances and shop signs, folk art has come to be synonymous with the art of inclusion. Such classics as whirligigs, ship models, and carousel animals fill these pages, as well as toys, scrimshaw, pottery, and quilts. Illustrated with over 150 full-color photographs, this celebration of American craftsmanship and decorative style is a must for any collector.
Download or read book More Scrimshaw Artists written by Stuart M. Frank and published by . This book was released on 1998-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplementing the Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists, an award-winning book published by Mystic Seaport in 1991, More Scrimshaw Artists brings maritime and whaling historians, librarians and curators, scrimshaw collectors, and folk-art enthusiasts a new study of 139 practitioners of the whaleman's unique art form, most of them scrimshanders not discussed in the Dictionary, and including Alaskan native artists who produced notable
Download or read book Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection Presents an Exhibition of Scrimshaw written by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
