Index of American Design
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The Index of American Design was a New Deal–era visual archive project that documented traditional American decorative, folk, and utilitarian arts through thousands of detailed watercolor renderings.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
New Deal art project
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documentary art project → visual archive → |
| aim |
to create a visual archive of American material culture
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to document traditional American decorative, folk, and utilitarian arts → to support artists during the Great Depression → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Index of American Design and History
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| collectionHeldBy |
National Gallery of Art
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Smithsonian American Art Museum → |
| commissionedBy |
United States government
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| country |
United States
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| dissolved |
1942
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| employed |
American artists
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illustrators → |
| focusesOnPeriod |
17th century
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18th century → 19th century → |
| genre |
documentary art
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| hasPart |
drawings
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watercolor renderings → |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
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| inception |
1935
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| influenced |
scholarship on American decorative arts
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study of American folk art → |
| language |
English
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| location |
United States
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| mainSubject |
American decorative arts
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American folk art → American utilitarian arts → traditional American crafts → |
| medium |
gouache
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watercolor → |
| movement |
New Deal arts programs
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| numberOfWorks |
approximately 18000 watercolor drawings
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over 18000 → |
| partOf |
Federal Art Project
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Works Progress Administration → |
| sponsor |
Federal Art Project
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| workTypeDocumented |
ceramics
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folk sculpture → furniture → glassware → metalwork → quilts → signs → textiles → toys → weathervanes → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Index of American Design
("Index of American Design and History")
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Federal Art Project
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