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Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
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- ISBN
- 9780807827949
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807827940
ISBN-13
9780807827949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2389155
Product Key Features
Book Title
Drawing on America's Past : Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Folk & Outsider Art, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, American / General, Decorative Arts
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Travel
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-013894
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
745.0973074753
Synopsis
Commemorates the 60th anniversary of the National Gallery of Art's acquisition of the Index of American Design. A New Deal project, the Index includes 18,000 meticulous watercolor portraits of American folk, popular, and decorative art created prior to 1900. The book features 82 watercolors with photographs of artifacts portrayed (from quilts to carousel animals). Three essays explore the history and role the Index and examine folk-art collecting during the early 1900s., This beautifully illustrated book commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the National Gallery of Art's acquisition of the Index of American Design. Widely regarded as one of the New Deal's most important art projects, the Index began in 1935 as a unit of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Its aim was to compile and eventually publish a visual archive of American folk, popular, and decorative art from the time of settlement to about 1900. The approximately 1,000 artists involved in the project created more than 18,000 meticulous watercolor portraits of Americana.The book presents 82 of the finest watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts they represent. The original objects range from quilts, weather vanes, and hand-carved toys to carousel animals, stoneware, and cigar-store figures. 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.Drawing on America's Pastis the companion publication to an exhibition that runs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from 27 November 2002 through 2 March 2003., This beautifully illustrated book commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the National Gallery of Art's acquisition of the Index of American Design. Widely regarded as one of the New Deal's most important art projects, the Index began in 1935 as a unit of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Its aim was to compile and eventually publish a visual archive of American folk, popular, and decorative art from the time of settlement to about 1900. The approximately 1,000 artists involved in the project created more than 18,000 meticulous watercolor portraits of Americana. The book presents 82 of the finest watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts they represent. The original objects range from quilts, weather vanes, and hand-carved toys to carousel animals, stoneware, and cigar-store figures. 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. Drawing on America's Past is the companion publication to an exhibition that runs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from 27 November 2002 through 2 March 2003., This beautifully illustrated book commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the National Gallery of Art's acquisition of the Index of American Design. Widely regarded as one of the New Deal's most important art projects, the Index began in 1935 as a unit of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Its aim was to compile and eventually publish a visual archive of American folk, popular, and decorative art from the time of settlement to about 1900. The approximately 1,000 artists involved in the project created more than 18,000 meticulous watercolor portraits of Americana.The book presents 82 of the finest watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts they represent. The original objects range from quilts, weather vanes, and hand-carved toys to carousel animals, stoneware, and cigar-store figures. 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. Drawing on America's Past is the companion publication to an exhibition that runs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from 27 November 2002 through 2 March 2003.
LC Classification Number
2002013894 [NK]
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