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Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture

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The Index of American Design was one of the most significant undertakings of the Federal Art Project -- the visual arts arm of the Works Progress Administration. Part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, this ambitious initiative set out to discover and document an authentic American style in everyday objects. The curators of the Index combed the country for art of the machine age -- from carved carousel horses to engraved powder horns to woven coverlets -- created by artisans for practical use. In their search for a true American artistic identity, they also sought furniture designed by regional craftsmen laboring in isolation from… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Chavance, Philippe (Solist) / Kelly, Andrew (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-8131-5567-8
  • EAN: 9780813155678
  • Produktnummer: 17390153
  • Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 328 S.
  • Masse: H31.2 cm x B24.1 cm x D3.6 cm 2'177 g
  • Gewicht: 2177

Über den Autor


Andrew Kelly , a Helena Rubinstein Fellow of the Whitney Museum of American Art, maintains an international clientele of museums, foundations, artist estates, corporations, and private collectors. He has provided services to many prominent institutions, including Sotheby's New York, Lisbon Ajuda National Palace Museum, Russian State Museum at the Marble Palace, Tate Gallery and Tate Britain London, and Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.

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