Folk Art and Art Worlds

by Vlach, John Michael; Bronner, Simon J.

• ISBN13: 9780874211573
• ISBN10: 0874211573
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-03-01
• Publisher: Utah State Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction to the New Edition
Taking Issues
"Properly Speaking": The Need for Plain Talk about Folk Art	p. 13
The Politics of the Past in American Folk Art History	p. 27
Folk Painting Re-Examined
"A Correct Likeness": Culture and Commerce in Nineteenth-Century Rural America	p. 53
"Finished to the Utmost Nicety": Plain Portraits in America, 1760-1860	p. 85
Folk Art in Context
The House on Penn Street: Creativity and Conflict in Folk Art	p. 123
The Folk Assemblage of Autumn: Tradition and Creativity in Halloween Folk Art	p. 151
Storing Contexts: The Brooklyn Giglio as Folk Art	p. 171
Consequences of Collection
The Role of Mexicano Artists and the Anglo Elite in the Emergence of a Contemporary Folk Art	p. 195
"Fame Don't Make the Sun Any Cooler": Folk Artists and the Marketplace	p. 225
Art by Fiat, and Other Dilemmas of Cross-Cultural Collecting	p. 243
Afterword
The Idea of Folk Art	p. 269
Contributors	p. 275
Index	p. 277
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