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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Index of American Design canonical | 1 |
| Index of American Design and History | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal art project
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documentary art project ⓘ visual archive ⓘ |
| aim |
to create a visual archive of American material culture
ⓘ
to document traditional American decorative, folk, and utilitarian arts ⓘ to support artists during the Great Depression ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Index of American Design
ⓘ
surface form:
Index of American Design and History
|
| collectionHeldBy |
National Gallery of Art
ⓘ
Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1942 ⓘ |
| employed |
American artists
ⓘ
illustrators ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| genre | documentary art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
drawings
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watercolor renderings ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Great Depression ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| influenced |
scholarship on American decorative arts
ⓘ
study of American folk art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainSubject |
American decorative arts
ⓘ
American folk art ⓘ American utilitarian arts ⓘ traditional American crafts ⓘ |
| medium |
gouache
ⓘ
watercolor ⓘ |
| movement |
Federal Art Project
ⓘ
surface form:
New Deal arts programs
|
| numberOfWorks |
approximately 18000 watercolor drawings
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over 18000 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Art Project
ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| sponsor | Federal Art Project ⓘ |
| workTypeDocumented |
ceramics
ⓘ
folk sculpture ⓘ furniture ⓘ glassware ⓘ metalwork ⓘ quilts ⓘ signs ⓘ textiles ⓘ toys ⓘ weathervanes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Index of American Design and History