A kind of archeology
Subtitle: collecting American folk art, 1876-1976
By: Elizabeth Stillinger
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amherst [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781558497443
Subjects: Folk art; Collectors and collecting; History
Other titles: Collecting American folk art, 1876-1976
Description: "A Kind of Archaeology" begins by examining the evolution of the concept of folk art, relating it to nineteenth-and early twentieth-century movements such as romanticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The folk art idea; title: Folk art, ethnology, and antiquarianism; title: Folk art and modern art; title: The decorative and aesthetic uses of folk art; title: Folk art, patriotism, and nationalism.