American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds

by Robert Shaw

Book Overview

American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries.

This American art form has long been an enduring part of the country's skylines. Early church steeples were graced with weathercocks, following a European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847863905
• ISBN13: 9780847863907
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.2" x 11.3"