American Christmas Cards 1900-1960 - 1900-1960

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth L. Ames is professor of American decorative arts at the Bard Graduate Center. He is the author of Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition and Death in the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Culture! and editor of Victorian Furniture. Klappentext Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts! Design History! Material Culture! New York! NY! Sept. 27! 2011-Dec. 31! 2011. Zusammenfassung The power of Christmas derives from the appeal of its repeated rituals! and the presumed antiquity of its traditions. Christmas cards seemed inevitable! but in years the genre has been visibly in decline. This book explores the imagery! graphic forms! subject matter! and significance of Christmas cards in their chronological timeframe.

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• Authors: Kenneth Ames, Kenneth L Ames, Kenneth L. Ames, AMES KENNETH L, Ames Kenneth L.
• Assisted by: Kenneth L. Ames (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2011
• EAN: 9780300176872
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17687-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts(YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; USA, Decorative arts, ART / American / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, United States of America, USA, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections