The Spirit of Folk Art: The Girard Collection at the Museum of International Folk ArtAmassed in over 50 years of global travel by the noted architect and designer Alexander Girard, the Girard Collection, at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art, encompasses more than 100,000 works from 100 cultures worldwide. This book contains a selection of 300 objects from the collection. |
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... dance drawn in lines , merging and dividing , circling and coiling , transcribing geo- metric figures . All media ... dance , like the sun . The genius of the potter's design is that it works in the round ; it fits a spherical form ...
... dance drawn in lines , merging and dividing , circling and coiling , transcribing geo- metric figures . All media ... dance , like the sun . The genius of the potter's design is that it works in the round ; it fits a spherical form ...
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... Dance cape , 30 Dancing Couple , 217 Dancing Couple and Musi- cians , 216 darning samplers , 32 , 33 David , Jacques - Louis , 110 Dawid , Stanisława , 155 Day of the Dead , 166 ; altar for , 205 death , depictions of , 108 , 124 , 153 ...
... Dance cape , 30 Dancing Couple , 217 Dancing Couple and Musi- cians , 216 darning samplers , 32 , 33 David , Jacques - Louis , 110 Dawid , Stanisława , 155 Day of the Dead , 166 ; altar for , 205 death , depictions of , 108 , 124 , 153 ...
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... dance cape , 30 ; plaster figures , 97 , 208 ; retablo , 205 ; wood figures , 22 , 208 , 216 Philippines , 79 , 174 ... dancers and church , 23 Puerto Rico , 174 puppets , 90 , 91 , 196 , 232–33 , 249 ; see also marionettes Puritans ...
... dance cape , 30 ; plaster figures , 97 , 208 ; retablo , 205 ; wood figures , 22 , 208 , 216 Philippines , 79 , 174 ... dancers and church , 23 Puerto Rico , 174 puppets , 90 , 91 , 196 , 232–33 , 249 ; see also marionettes Puritans ...
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