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As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930
ISBN: 9780292759503 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "There's an inspiring and wacky solemnity in these organizations--high values reinforced through pageantry and performance in an ecumenical social setting--which deep down must also have been a whole lot of fun. Now it's as if that foundational Other America, that underpinning of the America we know, has gradually eroded, and here we remain, living in a world that is a mere shell, a movie set, of the world that made our world manifest, that brought it into being, and all we have left are these perplexing masks, banners, and costumes to puzzle over." "There's an inspiring and wacky solemnity in these organizations--high values reinforced through pageantry and performance in an ecumenical social ... |
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270,41 zł |
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As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither
ISBN: 9780300218411 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This stunning book examines the collection of works by self-taught artists assembled by Stephanie and John Smither over the last thirty-odd years. A team of prominent curators, writers, critics, and art historians focuses on key works by twelve artists, including the boisterous assemblages of Thornton Dial; brightly colored visual interpretations of the Bible by Sister Gertrude Morgan; Oscar Hadwiger's detailed wood models of fantastical architecture; and Carlo Zinelli's narrative tableaus of stylized figures and animals. Also featured are works by the ceramicist Georgia Blizzard; drawings by...
This stunning book examines the collection of works by self-taught artists assembled by Stephanie and John Smither over the last thirty-odd years. A t...
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158,13 zł |