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2. Corn husk doll - Wikipedia

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   Brittle dried cornhusks become soft if soaked in water and produce finished dolls sturdy enough for children's toys. Making corn husk dolls was adopted by early European settlers in the United States of America. [2] Corn husk doll making is now practiced in the United States as a link to Native American culture and the arts and crafts of the ...

3. Folk art of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Edward Hicks Painting the Peaceable Kingdom by Thomas Hicks, depicting Edward Hicks painting one of his most noted artworks. [3]In colonial America, folk art grew out of artisanal craftsmanship in communities that allowed commonly trained people to individually express themselves, distinct from the high art tradition that dominated Europe, which was less accessible and generally less relevant ...

4. American art pottery - Wikipedia

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   The American art pottery movement is a development from a tradition of individual potters making utilitarian earthenware and stoneware vessels for local use that dates back to the Colonial period. It was shaped to differing degrees in different geographical locations by the potters' appreciation for Native American pottery traditions, the ...

5. The Best American Placess for Traveling Back in Time - AOL

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   Check out these top places in America to ... and whether you want to experience traditional colonial crafts or a Wild West gunfight, here are 40 of the best places in the U.S. to travel back in ...

6. A Complete Guide to American Colonial-Style Houses

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7. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Wikipedia

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   After collecting a formative group of American folk art pieces under the advisement of consultants and art dealers, art patron Abby Aldrich Rockefeller anonymously loaned part of her folk art collection to the Museum of Modern Art exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, 1750–1900 which ran from November 30, 1932, through January 14, 1933 in New York.

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9. American craft - Wikipedia

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   The American studio craft movement is a successor to earlier European craft movements. Modern studio crafts developed as a reaction to modernity and, particularly, the Industrial Revolution . During the nineteenth century, Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle and English social critic John Ruskin warned of the extinction of handicrafts in Europe .