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Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
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Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Gerard C. Wertkin, Editor. New York and London: Routledge, 2004.
The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art includes one very manageable volume -a guide to the objects, artists, and cultural background of three centuries of folk art in America. This comprehensive reference is a welcome contribution to a field dominated by the study of particulars, with most publications either monographs or exhibition catalogues. Editor Gérard Wertkin, the longtime ...
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Navajo Folk Art
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A Catalogue on How To Unmake Friends; Folk Art Donors Say Museum Publication Lifted Their Words Without Permission
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Encarta remains the best desktop encyclopedia.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ... worn-out flannel, raggedy beard, wire-rimmed glasses). It's in his sound (acoustic Delta blues, Woody Guthrie folk, mountain twang). It's in his songwriting (death, poverty, social injustice). And it's in his story. Parr, 38 ... on his metallic resophonic guitar or beat-up 12-string. Even [younger] fans who maybe don't ...
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