Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900

Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900
Author: Mary Sayre Haverstock
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780873386166

A three-volume guide to the early art and artists of Ohio. It includes coverage of fine art, photography, ornamental penmanship, tombstone carving, china painting, illustrating, cartooning and the execution of panoramas and theatrical scenery.

Cincinnati Art-carved Furniture and Interiors

Cincinnati Art-carved Furniture and Interiors
Author: Jennifer Howe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2003
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

A remarkable presentation of hand-carved furnishings and woodwork from late-nineteenth-century Cincinnati that reflect the city's energetic response to the Aesthetic movement.

The Substance of Style

The Substance of Style
Author: Bert Denker
Publisher: Winterthur Museum
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1996
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

In twenty-three separate essays by prominent museum curators, educators, collectors, and scholars, the complex aspects of the American arts and crafts movement are examined: national and international style and ideology; industrial design; redefinition of craft traditions, unification of the fine and decorative arts; and community visions. New discoveries in objects, photographs, and rare prints and manuscripts illustrate the text.

Women Artists in the United States

Women Artists in the United States
Author: Paula L. Chiarmonte
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 1050
Release: 1990
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Provides access to the art historical literature documenting the unique circumstances--social, historical, and ideological--from which women's art forms emerged. Includes the decorative or applied arts, contemporary crafts, folk art, and performance art ; feminist art criticism ; women's art organizations and galleries, artists organizations and galleries directory ; manuscript repositories and special collections ; biographical reference tools ; periodicals ; the literature of the field.

The Writers Directory 2008

The Writers Directory 2008
Author: Michelle Kazensky
Publisher: Saint James Press
Total Pages: 1286
Release: 2007-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781558626003

Features bibliographical, biographical and contact information for living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries include name, pseudonyms, addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information and a bibliography.