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Author : Robert Bishop
Release : 1984
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs by : Robert Bishop
Download or read book A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs written by Robert Bishop. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karal Ann Marling
Release : 2007
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Wind & Whimsy by : Karal Ann Marling
Download or read book Wind & Whimsy written by Karal Ann Marling. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ken Fitzgerald
Release : 1967
Genre : Roofs
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Book Synopsis Weathervanes & Whirligigs by : Ken Fitzgerald
Download or read book Weathervanes & Whirligigs written by Ken Fitzgerald. This book was released on 1967. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes you through the history of weathervanes and whirligigs from back in knighthood days when the boys who earned the banners used them as part of their heraldic tradition. The designs have also been used as totems, mascots, symbols and stemmed from both superstition and religion as well as representational origins. From the whittled wooden whirligigs of the 18th and 19th century to Walt Disney's Tower of the Four Winds, it's all here with a whole series of accompanying illustrations drawn by the author.
Author : Robert Shaw
Release : 2021-03-02
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Rating : 905/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Weathervanes by : Robert Shaw
Download or read book American Weathervanes written by Robert Shaw. This book was released on 2021-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. This American art form has long been an enduring part of the country's skylines. Early church steeples were graced with weathercocks, following a European tradition that dates to the MiddleAges. America's first documented vane maker, metalsmith Shem Drowne of Boston, crafted a number of surviving vanes, including the iconic golden grasshopper that has topped the city's Faneuil Hall since 1742. Farmers, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen proudly fashioned roosters, cows, horses, and other forms for country barns, and as the tradition and public demand expanded over the course of the nineteenth century, so did the diversity of forms, which grew to fill the mail order catalogs of commercial manufacturers in Boston, New York, and other cities. Today, weathervanes hold a well-established place in the canon of American folk art and American Weathervanes celebrates this artistry in the most up-to-date and authoritative work on the subject. Lavishly illustrated with masterworks from prominent private and public collections, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who collects or simply admires American vernacular art and sculpture.
Author : Glenn A. Knoblock
Release : 2018-01-25
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Weathervanes of New England by : Glenn A. Knoblock
Download or read book Weathervanes of New England written by Glenn A. Knoblock. This book was released on 2018-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First used to gauge New England's ever-changing weather, now viewed as American folk art, historic weathervanes have been a part of the region's skyline for more than three centuries. Focusing on examples that can still be seen in public, this comprehensive study of the development of the weathervane describes changes in form and function from colonial times to the present, and also documents the histories of weathervane makers throughout New England.
