| Description |
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center |
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center series.
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| Note |
Published "in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Early life and career -- Artist and minister -- Voices of discord -- Elias and the elders -- Nature of the beasts -- Ornamental painter -- Early and middle kingdoms -- Late kingdoms -- Painter at peace -- HIcks family genealogy -- Checklist of works by Edward Hicks -- Excerpts from Edward Hick's Goose Creek Sermon -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Although other books have chronicled the career and the life of Edward Hicks (1780-1849), America's most beloved folk artist, this is the first book to thoughtfully integrate and discuss his secular and religious concerns as they affected his artistic production, particularly the creation of his "Peaceable Kingdom" paintings. A Quaker, Hicks expressed his religious beliefs in his work, depicting an idealized view of the world as he believed it should - and could - have been. Hicks's popularity today is due to the aesthetic appeal of his paintings, to the energy and passion expressed in them, and to the interpretive challenges they present."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849. (OCoLC)fst00011908
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Barry, Laura Pass.
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| ISBN |
0879352051 (CWF ; alk. paper) |
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9780879352059 (CWF ; alk. paper) |
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0810912341 (Abrams ; alk. paper) |
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9780810912342 (Abrams ; alk. paper) |
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