The Temptation: Edgar Tolson and the Genesis of Twentieth-century Folk Art
- ISBN-10
- 0807847003
- ISBN-13
- 9780807847008
- Series
- The Temptation
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 353
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Julia S. Ardery
Description
Why, beginning in the late 1960s, did expressive objects made by poor people come to be regarded as "twentieth-century folk art," increasingly sought after by the middle class and the wealthy? Julia Ardery explores that question through the life story of
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