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Native American art

2023
Native American art encompasses a multitude of handicrafts, including rugs, baskets, pottery, and wood carvings. Creativity had no limits. Fortunately, many artifacts and remnants still exist that showcase the boundless ingenuity of past as well as modern-day Native American artists, many of whom continue the time-honored traditions of their people. This valuable volume, a support to cultural studies, highlights stunning artwork of various native peoples, accompanied by fascinating facts about the process of creating each impressive piece. Sidebars, fact boxes, a graphic organizer, and concluding questions complement the insightful and well-researched text.

Art in California

2021
An introduction to the rich and diverse art of California, this book highlights its distinctive role in the history of American art, from early-20th-century photography to Chicanx mural painting, the Fiber Art Movement and beyond.

Marking time

art in the age of mass incarceration
2020
"More than two million men and women are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families and communities, it also exposes them to shocking levels of violence and sexual assault and subjects them to the arbitrary cruelties of the criminal justice system. Yet, as Nicole Fleetwood reveals, America's prisons are filled with art. Despite the isolation and degradation they experience, the incarcerated are driven to assert their humanity in the face of a system that dehumanizes them. Based on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits, and the author's own family experiences with the penal system, Marking Time shows how the imprisoned turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. Working with meager supplies and in the harshest conditions-including solitary confinement-these artists find ways to resist the brutality and depravity that prisons engender. The impact of their art, Fleetwood observes, can be felt far beyond prison walls. Their bold works, many of which are being published for the first time in this volume, have opened new possibilities in American art. As the movement to reform the country's criminal justice system grows, art provides the imprisoned with a political voice. Their works testify to the economic and racial injustices that underpin American punishment and offer a new vision of freedom for the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.

New material as new media

the Fabric Workshop and Museum
2002
A collection of essays and photographs which profile the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.

Norman Rockwell

1998
Surveys the life and work of twentieth-century American illustrator Norman Rockwell, and includes over eighty color reproductions of his art.

The art of freedom

how artists see America
A collection of photographs, paintings, and sculptures that represent America through the eyes of eighteen different artists.
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The art of freedom

how artists see America
What is America? Shape a fascinating image of the United States through the eyes of eighteen artists who have painted, sculpted, and photographed the U.S. landscape and culture.

Facing history

the Black image in American art, 1710-1940
Studies the portrayal of African-Americans by American artists of all races.
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Women artists of the American West

2003
Presents the work of more than 150 women artists who live or once lived west of the Mississippi River.
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Art of the American frontier

from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
2013
"Presents more than 300 artworks and artifacts from 1830 to 1930, showcasing the premier collections of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West."--Provided by publisher.

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