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Author : Nina Fletcher Little
Publisher : Historic New England
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UVA:X004410246
An expert looks at a wide variety of country arts that characterized early New England homes.
Author : Harlan Lane
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0807066168
John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854) was one of the most prominent early American portrait painters. His hauntingly beautiful portraits have a directness and intensity of vision that were rarely equaled, as the images in this book attest. Brewster's portraits have sold astonishingly well at auction, and his work is featured in the collections of prestigious museums, yet curiously little has been written about the life of this deaf artist. Traveling the New England coast to paint the portraits of the merchant class that arose after the Revolution, he lived precisely when a Deaf-World-with its own language, social institutions, and culture-was forming. Harlan Lane, award-winning historian of the Deaf, argues that deaf people are often visually gifted, and that Brewster, as a deaf artist, is part of a long and continuing distinguished tradition. Lane's unprecedented biography both vividly and comprehensively explores Brewster's worlds: he was a seventh-generation descendant of William Brewster, who led the Pilgrims on the Mayflower voyage; he was a member of the Federalist elite; a Deaf man; and, finally, an artist. In 1817, at the age of fifty-one, Brewster attended the first school for the Deaf in America, the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf & Dumb Persons. It's extraordinary to imagine that this was the first time he experienced fluent conversation and real social and intellectual exchange. Yet, as Lane notes, Brewster's ambivalence about this minority reflects the difficult choices confronting many Deaf people, then and now. Including little-known information on the French roots of the American Deaf-World; the Deaf communities of Martha's Vineyard, Maine, and New Hampshire in the nineteenth century; and on contemporary Deaf art, A Deaf Artist in Early America provides a multifaceted glimpse of Brewster, New England history, and the distinctive culture, language, and social institutions of the Deaf in America.
Author : Gerard C. Wertkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1583 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135956141
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.
Author : Roger W. Moss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0471144118
The definitive volume on how paint has been used in the U.S. in the last 250 years. Eminent contributors cover the history of this medium in American buildings from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. Contains a survey of practices and materials in England, cutting-edge techniques used by today's researchers in examining historic paints, fascinating case studies and an important chart of early American paint colors. Explains how to identify pigments and media, how to prepare surfaces for application and apply paint. Includes the chemical properties of paint with a table of paint components, plus a glossary and bibliography.
Author : Tim Tanner
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781423632771
Early American Country Interiors is the ultimate idea book for designing beautiful interiors that embody the essence of early American country style—a sense of warmth, comfort, and familiarity. As an advocate that something well designed will stand the test of time, author Tim Tanner has coupled basic design principles with a wealth of examples using wonderful old objects and materials, illuminating effective design ideas for bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, pantries, and other spaces. Featured homes are from Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Idaho, and Utah. Tim Tanner is a graphic designer, artist, and freelance illustrator. He currently teaches art and design at Brigham Young University, Idaho. He’s been involved in home restoration and reproduction using reclaimed materials for more than thirty years. He lives in Teton Valley, Idaho.
Author : Steven Hahn,Jonathan Prude
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469621463
This volume represents one of the first efforts to harvest the rapidly emerging scholarship in the field of American rural history. Building on the insights and methodologies that social historians have directed toward urban life, the contributors explore the past as it unfolded in the rural settings in which most Americans have lived during most of American history. The essays cover a broad range of topics: the character and consequences of manufacturing and consumerism in the antebellum countryside of the Northeast; the transition from slavery to freedom in Southern plantation and nonplantation regions; the dynamics of community-building and inheritance among Midwestern native and immigrant farmers; the panorama of rural labor systems in the Far West; and the experience of settled farming communities in periods of slowed economic growth. The central theme is the complex and often conflicting development of commercial and industrial capitalism in the American countryside. Together the essays place rural societies within the context of America's "Great Transformation."
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1612 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498660
Author : S. Kermes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230612914
Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity.
Author : Tim Tanner
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781423620945
Twenty restored or renovated Early American country homes feature the myriad of different styles from around the country. The homes exude a simplicity that is somewhat rustic and somewhat country in an understated way. Tim Tanner also features some small cabins that have been made livable for today as well as decorating ideas and outbuildings. Early American Country Homes is an inspiration and resource for those who are interested in building, re-creating, restoring, or just enjoying a return to simpler styling in home design.
Author : Tim Tanner
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781423620938
Twenty restored or renovated Early American country homes feature the myriad of different styles from around the country. The homes exude a simplicity that is somewhat rustic and somewhat country in an understated way. Tim Tanner also features some small cabins that have been made livable for today as well as decorating ideas and outbuildings.
Author : George C. Neumann
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Country furniture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032944907
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Connecticut
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013609503
Author : Walter Muir Whitehill
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807838228
This summary essay and the heavily annotated bibliography covering the period from the first colonization to 1826 are primarily intended to aid the scholar and student by suggesting areas of further study and ways of expanding the conventional interpretations of early American history. Originally published in 1935. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : David M. Sokol
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:39000005716068
Author : Rosan A. Jordan,Susan J. Kalcik
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812293388
The essays in Women's Folklore, Women's Culture focus on women performers of folklore and on women's genre of folklore. Long ignored, women's folklore is often collaborative and frequently is enacted in the privacy of the domestic sphere. This book provides insights balancing traditional folklore scholarship. All of the authors also explore the relationship between make and female views and worlds. The book begins with the private world of women, performances within the intimacy of family and fields; it then studies women's folklore in the public arena; finally, the book looks at the interrelationships between public and private arenas and between male and female activities. By turning our attention to previously ignored women's realms, these essays provide a new perspective from which to view human culture as a whole and make Women's Folklore, Women's Culture a significant addition to folklore scholarship