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The Arts and the American home, 1890-1930 / edited by Jessica H. Foy and Karal Ann Marling.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-152948

Description

xxiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Arts and society History 19th century
Arts and society History 20th century
Social life and customs 19th century
Social life and customs 20th century

Originator

Foy, Jessica H., 1960-
Marling, Karal Ann.
McFaddin-Ward House Museum. Conference (4th : 1990 : Beaumont, Tex.)

Contents

From the quilt to the neocolonial photograph : the arts of the home in an age of transition / Karal Ann Marling -- Clarity, contrast, and simplicity : changes in American interiors, 1880-1930 / Bradley C. Brooks -- Fireside tales to fireside chats : the domestic hearth / Kate Roberts -- The home set to music / Jessica H. Foy -- The piano in the American home / Craig H. Roell -- Reading together : children, adults, and literature at the turn of the century / Anne Scott MacLeod -- Cozy, charming, and artistic : stitching together the American home / Beverly Gordon -- Pictures in the American home, 1880-1930 / William S. Ayres -- The artistic portrait photograph / Shirley Teresa Wajda.

Publication

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press

Description

xxiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes

Based on papers presented at the Fourth Annual McFaddin-Ward House Conference, Beaumont, Tex., Nov. 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rodris Roth Library.

ISBN

0870498258 (cl : alk. paper)

Call Number

Roth NX180.S6 A76 1994

Material Type

Congresses.

Places

United States

Edition

1st ed.

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