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Anonymous Was a Woman: A Celebration in Words and Images of Traditional American Art and the Women Who Made It | 
 enlarge | Author: Mirra Bank
Creator: Phyllis Rose
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 650488
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0312134304
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.082
EAN: 9780312134303
ASIN: 0312134304
Publication Date: September 15, 1995
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Condition: Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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divIn print since it was first published in 1979, this book is a glorious collection of American folk art by "ordinary" women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Filled with beautiful four-color reproductions of samplers, quilts, paintings, and needle-pictures along with excerpts from diaries and letters, sampler verse, books, and magazines of the period, iAnonymous Was a Woman /icelebrates the daily experiences and inner lives of women who, in acts of love and duty, created many masterpieces of American folk art.br/div
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 Anonymous Was a Woman, a treasure January 17, 2007
Simply Sage (Pittsburgh, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book! As a needle woman myself, the accounts of other such women were dear to my heart. I gave it to my mother who taught me to sew and embroider and was sorry my grandmother who taught my mother was no longer living to share it with her. I particularly liked how the book divided the stages of the early women's lives and connected the stitcheries with journal entries. Some of the quotations are expressions of my own feelings. Anyone who uses a needle would find this a gem.
A Scream of Creation March 17, 2004
Marjorie Montenegro (New York, NY USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Quilted together with common thread, the lives of the women glimpsed at in Anonymous Was A Woman scream of creation; however, not creation of life but creation of freedom using the few avenues of expression available. The women themselves were the art which they sought so earnestly to produce, and this is evidenced in their pastel speech and charcoal lives. When told to choose what piece within the book most interested me, I thought, an easy task to undertake. I planned to find a colorful character that would most attract a reader's attention and paint a portrait of her. Now I find that task not so simple. To take away from this book a single characterization, whether glossy or matte, would be to deconstruct the perfect quilt. I do not choose to unravel what these women created; therefore, all I can say is that what I enjoy most about Anonymous Was A Woman is the ability that the chosen women have to blanket us with their lives and keep us warm even today.
 how many women artists can you name? August 15, 2000
jennifer courtney (Providence, Rhode Island)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
One day in an education class, my professor asked how many female artists can you name? Granted none of the people in the class were art majors but at most we came up with two, Virgina Woolfe and Mary Casset. Many people could not name any female artists. I found it astounding that in the history of western art, I could only think of two women painters. Taking the suggestion this professor, I decide to read the book Anonymous was a woman by Mirra Blank. I found the book intriguing and was impressed at its unveiling of how important domestic crafts like samplers and quilts were to women in the late eighteenth century and nineteenth century. The book has great photographs and anecdotal information that gives insight to the female mind of this time period. The images include quilts, velvet, and watercolor paintings. Excerpts are taken from the diaries of famous women like Louisa May Alcott and anonymous women who have been forgotten. The author also includes certain male points of view with repect to proper female conduct and love. I thought this book was great at revealing how many female artists there have been and their contribution to the American landscape.
how many women artists can you name? August 15, 2000
jennifer courtney (Providence, Rhode Island)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
One day in an education class, my professor asked how many female artists can you name? Granted none of the people in the class were art majors but at most we came up with two, Virgina Woolfe and Mary Casset. Many people could not name any female artists. I found it astounding that in the history of western art, I could only think of two women painters. Taking the suggestion this professor, I decide to read the book Anonymous was a woman by Mirra Blank. I found the book intriguing and was impressed at its unveiling of how important domestic crafts like samplers and quilts were to women in the late eighteenth century and nineteenth century. The book has great photographs and anecdotal information that gives insight to the female mind of this time period. The images include quilts, velvet, and watercolor paintings. Excerpts are taken from the diaries of famous women like Louisa May Alcott and anonymous women who have been forgotten. The author also includes certain male points of view with repect to proper female conduct and love. I thought this book was great at revealing how many female artists there have been and their contribution to the American landscape.
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