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The carver's art : crafting meaning from wood /
Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all ""made with just a pocketknife""--Are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all ""made with just a pocketknife""--Are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how vie |
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| Notas: | A new and updated ed. of: Chain carvers : Lexington, Kentucky, 1985. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813147864 0813147867 |