Name/Title
Folk art in American lifeEntry/Object ID
NK805.B56Description
Richly illustrated with over 260 color plates, this book 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.Collection
Helen Romayne Cox CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
folk art--united statesBook Details
Author
Robert Bishop, Jacqueline Marx AtkinsPublisher
Viking Studio Books in association with Museum of American Folk ArtDate Published
1995Call No.
NK805.B56ISBN
670857173, 9780670857173LCCN
95060164Notes
Length: 228General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Portrait of America -- House and Home -- The Work of the Needle and the Loom -- Carvers, Metalworkers, and Artful Eccentrics -- Private Vision, Public Statement The Folk Art Environment.