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Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands
Jeanne Marie Carley
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Description for Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 567 colour photos. BIC Classification: AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 233 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2080.
With over 560 color photos and well-researched text, this book recounts the histories of the hard working, entrepreneurial people of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket and their role in this nation, as told through the folk art primitives the residents produced from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The art displayed includes the works of itinerant painters, domestic weavers and quilters, seminary school watercolorists, and carvers in wood, metal, and stone. Among these fascinating items are: paintings including portraits and silhouettes, landscapes and genre paintings; maritime art such as sculpture and scrimshaw; trade figures and signs; carousel art; wood ... Read more
With over 560 color photos and well-researched text, this book recounts the histories of the hard working, entrepreneurial people of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket and their role in this nation, as told through the folk art primitives the residents produced from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The art displayed includes the works of itinerant painters, domestic weavers and quilters, seminary school watercolorists, and carvers in wood, metal, and stone. Among these fascinating items are: paintings including portraits and silhouettes, landscapes and genre paintings; maritime art such as sculpture and scrimshaw; trade figures and signs; carousel art; wood ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764345265
SKU
V9780764345265
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Ref
99-2
About Jeanne Marie Carley
Jeanne Marie Carley (neé Gendreau) is a folk art historian and writer with a background in journalism, art, and genealogy. She has written about American and French-Canadian folk art for books and national magazine articles.
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