{"product_id":"the-new-encyclopedia-of-southern-culture-volume-23-folk-art-paperback","title":"The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 23: Folk Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Crown\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCheryl Rivers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCharles Reagan Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of \u003ci\u003eThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterized southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting. Fifty-two thematic essays examine subjects ranging from colonial portraiture, Moravian material culture, and southern folk pottery to the South's rich quilt-making traditions, memory painting, and African American vernacular art, and 211 topical essays include profiles of major folk and self-taught artists in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterized southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Crown is First Tennessee Professor of Art History at the University of Memphis and editor of \u003ci\u003eComing Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible and the American South\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eCheryl Rivers, an independent scholar living in Brooklyn, New York, has taught numerous courses at the Folk Art Institute of the American Folk Art Museum and is editor of \u003ci\u003eDonald Mitchell: Right Here, Right Now\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 9.27 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459174187261,"sku":"9780807871744","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TXJ4KYNz9Z9780807871744.webp?v=1777253117","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-new-encyclopedia-of-southern-culture-volume-23-folk-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}