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Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands

CARLEY, JEANNE MARIE

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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 carvings; weathervanes and whirligigs; religious and decorative art; textiles, including quilts and samplers; and gravestones. All of these beautiful and compelling works of art speak eloquently of the human aspirations sparked by the freedom and prosperity offered by the coasts and the bold, clear visual language that ordered these craftsmen's world. AUTHOR: Jeanne Marie Carley (nee 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.

ISBN: 9780764345265
Author: CARLEY, JEANNE MARIE
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 01/12/2013
RRP: $160.00
Pages: 304
Dimension: 305mm X 229mm
Imprint: Schiffer Publishing