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The power of Christmas derives from the appeal of its repeated rituals, the presumed antiquity of its traditions, and its ability to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Christmas cards seemed inevitable and ubiquitous, but in recent years the genre has been visibly in decline. It is now evident that the Christmas card was a culturally specific artifact, a distinctive way in which a fundamental human gesture could be expressed within a commercial, materialistic, and rapidly changing society.

This stylish book explores the imagery, graphic forms, subject matter, and significance of Christmas cards in their chronological timeframe to reveal an important area of American material culture. There is much to surprise and delight.



Distributed for the Bard Graduate Center


Exhibition Schedule:

Bard Graduate Center
(09/28/11-12/30/11)

American Christmas Cards 1900-1960

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Paperback / softback by Kenneth L. Ames

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    Publisher: Yale University Press
    Publication Date: 14/10/2011
    ISBN13: 9780300176872, 978-0300176872
    ISBN10: 0300176872

    Number of Pages: 320

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

    Description

    The power of Christmas derives from the appeal of its repeated rituals, the presumed antiquity of its traditions, and its ability to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Christmas cards seemed inevitable and ubiquitous, but in recent years the genre has been visibly in decline. It is now evident that the Christmas card was a culturally specific artifact, a distinctive way in which a fundamental human gesture could be expressed within a commercial, materialistic, and rapidly changing society.

    This stylish book explores the imagery, graphic forms, subject matter, and significance of Christmas cards in their chronological timeframe to reveal an important area of American material culture. There is much to surprise and delight.



    Distributed for the Bard Graduate Center


    Exhibition Schedule:

    Bard Graduate Center
    (09/28/11-12/30/11)

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