Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts - Couverture souple

Berlo, Janet Catherine; Cox Crews, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0295983094 ISBN 13 : 9780295983097

Editeur : University of Washington Press, 2003

Synopsis

Wild by Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the early nineteenth century to the present, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts. From the state fair to the clothesline, women have sought ways to exhibit the beauty and optical effects of their quilts. The "quilting frolic" of the nineteenth century was for many women an alternative to the art academy and the salon. Janet Berlo reminds us that quilts were a valued form of artistic expression, meant to be shared and admired among the company of other women. Over fifty applique and pieced quilts are illustrated, chosen from the collections of the International Quilt Study Center for their outstanding visual qualities. Each is accompanied by a lively dialogue among quilt experts that illustrates the varied dimensions of quilts as aesthetic objects of the highest order and as reflections of the lives and societies of their makers. This multifaceted analysis of quilts sheds light on the histories of women, textiles, and American art and culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Janet Berlo is professor of art and art history and visual and cultural studies emerita at the University of Rochester. She is the editor of The EarlyYears of Native American Art History (UWP, 1992) and author of Native North American Art, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 2014), among other publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Washington Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0295983094
• ISBN 13: 9780295983097
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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