folk art

Text and folk-art masterpieces, in a variety of forms, survey life in young America.

Presents thirty-five folk art objects from the National Museum of American Art with accompanying text explaining the motives behind the creation of folk art: functional, recording, whimsical, and visionary.

Outstanding examples of folk art enable children to count the appropriate number of objects while also stimulating a young child's appreciation of folk art.

Through interviews and photographs, presents the art and life stories of five American masters of the traditional arts.

Includes background information and instructions for more than 100 craft projects from African, Native American, Eskimo, Asian, and Hispanic cultures.

A collection of photographs of traditional Mexican masks that are used in folk festivals and a brief history of masks in Mexico.

Traces the history of various forms of American folk sculpture, including weathervanes, whirligigs, pavement lids, trade signs, gravestones, carousel figures, snowmen and others.

Text and photographs examine the Spanish influence in the art and architecture of the United States and Puerto Rico.

Profiles eight artists now living in America who are originally from the Silk Road, an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts passed between Asia and the Mediterranean.