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Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts

John Joseph Stoudt

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Description:America has been particularly fortunate in its heritage of arts and crafts. Artists and artisans from many lands have contributed their skills, traditions, and culture to the mainstream of our folkways. Scattered throughout the various regions of our country can be found the influences of French, Spanish, English, Italian, and Scandinavian arts and crafts; but of all that have flourished in our land, the most popular, most sought-after, and possibly the most creative, are the arts and crafts of early Pennsylvania - those of the Pennsylvania Germans.This book is a monumental and definitive history of all the arts and crafts of early Pennsylvania. Profusely illustrated in monochrome and color, it contains sections on architecture, describing private and public structures; furniture, discussing Philadelphia Georgian, Philadelphia Chippendale, Germanic furniture; fine arts, dealing with such early Pennsylvania painters as Benjamin West and the Peale family; painting on glass, tavern signs, silversmithing; music and musical instruments; crafts, covering pottery, carving, iron, textiles, rifles, and painted objects; and the art of illumination, enthralling in its descriptions and reproductions - many in color - of fraktur lettering, certificates of baptism and birth, picture sermons, bookplates, New Years greetings and house blessings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts. To get started finding Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 364

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bonanza Books

Release: 1964

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Description: America has been particularly fortunate in its heritage of arts and crafts. Artists and artisans from many lands have contributed their skills, traditions, and culture to the mainstream of our folkways. Scattered throughout the various regions of our country can be found the influences of French, Spanish, English, Italian, and Scandinavian arts and crafts; but of all that have flourished in our land, the most popular, most sought-after, and possibly the most creative, are the arts and crafts of early Pennsylvania - those of the Pennsylvania Germans.This book is a monumental and definitive history of all the arts and crafts of early Pennsylvania. Profusely illustrated in monochrome and color, it contains sections on architecture, describing private and public structures; furniture, discussing Philadelphia Georgian, Philadelphia Chippendale, Germanic furniture; fine arts, dealing with such early Pennsylvania painters as Benjamin West and the Peale family; painting on glass, tavern signs, silversmithing; music and musical instruments; crafts, covering pottery, carving, iron, textiles, rifles, and painted objects; and the art of illumination, enthralling in its descriptions and reproductions - many in color - of fraktur lettering, certificates of baptism and birth, picture sermons, bookplates, New Years greetings and house blessings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts. To get started finding Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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