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Item Details
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AMERICAN NAIVE PAINTINGS
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| By: |
Deborah Chotner |
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Hardback |
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£84.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521443016 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521443012 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 January, 1992 |
| Series: |
National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogues |
| Pages: |
672 |
| Description: |
Artists with little or no formal training contributed significantly to America's cultural patrimony. This title includes depictions of farmyards, prizefights, steam and sailing ships, portraits of children, and Edward Hicks' allegory of the Peaceable Kingdom that document the aspirations and sentiments of a growing nation. |
| Synopsis: |
Artists with little or no formal training contributed significantly to our nation's cultural patrimony. Some three hundred American naive paintings in the Gallery's collection--many of which are here published for the first time--are discussed. Depictions of farmyards, prizefights, steam and sailing ships, portraits of children, and Edward Hicks' allegory of the Peaceable Kingdom document the aspirations and sentiments of a growing nation. |
| Illustrations: |
50 color, 171 b&w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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