The Painted Screens of Baltimore : An Urban Folk Art Revealed /

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"Painted screens have long been synonymous in the popular imagination with the Baltimore rowhouse. Picturesque, practical, and quirky, window and door screens adorned with scenic views simultaneously offer privacy and ventilation in crowded neighborhoods. As an urban folk art, painted screens f...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Eff, Elaine, 1946-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Painted wire screens.
Folk art.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Folkcrafts.
TRAVEL > United States > South > South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
ART > Folk & Outsider Art.
Art populaire > Maryland > Baltimore.
Folk art > Maryland > Baltimore.
Painted wire screens > Maryland > Baltimore.
Maryland > Baltimore.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A Baltimore tradition
  • Wire into screen
  • The canvas : a city of rowhouses
  • Origins of painted screens
  • Oktavec's dynasty
  • Group portrait
  • The old school
  • The third generation
  • The new breed
  • Post-millennial East Baltimore.

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