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British folk art /

By:

Ayres, James

Contributor(s):

James Ayres [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Woodstock, N. Y : Overlook Press, [1977]Description: 144 pages, 11 unnumbered page of plates : bill. (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0879510609

Subject(s):

Summary: 300 Illustrations, 33 in full color / For more than a quarter of a century there has been no book on the folk art of Britain, the origin of o much distinguished American folk art. Now James Ayers has admirably filled the need with British Folk Art, a profusely illustrated, wide-ranging study covering the period when traditional folk are was in full flower before it succumbed to the industrial revolution. The informative text of British Folk Art Survey both main categories of folk art; the work of professional craftsmen - usually men - whose technique was proficient; and the work of amateur artists - often women - whose vision, while amazingly sophisticated, did not require the specific craft skill of professional career training. [cont...]

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Carleton University, AVRC	Open-stacks	NK928.A9 1977b (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16055001096

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