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GUSN-152301
xvi, 206 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Painting, American.
Primitivism in art
Folk art
Vlach, John Michael, 1948-
Introduction -- The plain mode and the evolution of talent -- Art by the book -- "In a very tasty style": plain painting in nineteenth-century America -- The seventeenth century: The Freake Limner -- The eighteenth century: The case of Peter Vanderlyn -- The nineteenth century: Edward Hicks, Quaker painter -- The twentieth century: Grandma Moses, modern "primitive" -- Contemporary plain painting: new forms, new criteria -- Conclusion.
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press
Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series
New directions in American art
Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered).
xvi, 206 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 180-200.
Bertram K. and Nina F. Little Library.
Rodris Roth Library (copy 2).
0874749263 (alk. paper)
0874749255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Little ND203.V57 1988
Roth/Coll. ND203.V57 1988 c.2
United States.
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