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Judith Tannenbaum

Framing Fraktur

Pennsylvania German Material Culture and Contemporary Art

Judith Tannenbaum

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English
University of Pennsylvania Press
16 July 2015
Folk art
Fraktur is a manuscript-based folk art tradition brought from Europe by German-speaking immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the seventeenth century. Fraktur documents are exuberantly decorated with distinctive lettering and painted tulips, hearts, angels, unicorns, and eagles. Resembling illuminated manuscripts, fraktur documents were usually domestic and personal documents, such as birth and baptismal certificates, writing samples, music books, and religious texts.

Framing Fraktur takes a unique approach to the study of traditional fraktur by connecting it to the work of contemporary artists who similarly combine images with texts. Examining masterworks from the Free Library of Philadelphia's vast collection of fraktur as well as manuscripts, books, and broadsides, the first section of the book provides historical background, analysis, and recent interpretation of fraktur material culture. In the second section, fraktur is linked to modern practices and movements from around the world, including Dada, Pop Art, Imagism, graffiti and street art, and contemporary folk art genres such as samplers, block prints, and sign painting. Vividly illustrated in full color, Framing Fraktur traces the resonances of this unique and vibrant art from the past to the present.

Contributors: Lisa Minardi, Janine Pollock, Matthew Singer, Judith Tannenbaum.
Edited by:  
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 203mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   635g
ISBN:   9780812247459
ISBN 10:   0812247450
Pages:   104
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Judith Tannenbaum is a Philadelphia-based curator and writer. She retired from her position as Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design in 2013. Tannenbaum has organized numerous exhibitions focusing on painting, sculpture, video, and interdisciplinary work, with a particular interest in relationships among fine art, craft, and design.

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