The Wonder of American Toys, 1920-1950

The Wonder of American Toys, 1920-1950
Author: Charles Dee Sharp
Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2002
Genre: Toys
ISBN: 1888054700

The Wonder of American Toys reflects not only the toys of perhaps the most formative era of American history, but what they meant to the children who played with them and to the society that produced them.

Art Teaching

Art Teaching
Author: George Szekely
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1136835954

This comprehensive, up-to-date art methods text presents fundamental theories, principles, creative approaches, and resources for art teaching in elementary through middle school.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Author: Gordon Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1277
Release: 2006-11-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0195189485

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.

Book Review Index

Book Review Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1320
Release: 2004
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Toys and American Culture

Toys and American Culture
Author: Sharon M. Scott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2009-12-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313347999

Tracing developments in toy making and marketing across the evolving landscape of the 20th century, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference guide to America's most popular playthings and the culture to which they belong. From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings. Alphabetically arranged entries trace developments in toy making and toy marketing across the evolving landscape of 20th-century America. In addition to discussing the history of America's most influential toys, the book contains specific entries on the individuals, organizations, companies, and publications that gave shape to America's culture of play from 1900 to 2000. Toys from the two decades that frame the 20th century are also included, as bridges to the fascinating past—and the inspiring future—of American toys.

Toys in the Age of Wonder

Toys in the Age of Wonder
Author: Mark Rich
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2020-08-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476639787

By the middle 1800s, toys were appearing in forms that drew upon--and that inspired--advances in areas such as optics, biology, geography, transportation, and automation. In these decades, too, a new type of wonder tale was being brought to maturity by a Poe-inspired Jules Verne. The modern wonder tale's highly-charged vision expressed the hopes and the fears, and the delights and the traumas, engendered by "new worlds idealism"--that Western pursuit of both mechanical and geographical conquest. Exploring realms belonging to childhood, literature, science, and history, this innovative study weaves together the histories of wonder tales and children's toys, focusing specifically on their modern aspects and how they reflect and express the social attitudes of that time period beginning around 1859 and ending around 1957.