Fairground Art: The Art Forms of Travelling Fairs, Carousels and Carnival MidwaysThe imaginative, often bizarre decorations that enliven fairgrounds, amusement parks and carnivals have a never-ending appeal to the popular imagination. Stunning carved and painted carousel horses, sinister mechanical targets, terrifying rides and alluring freak show banners are among the many wildly ornamented devices that use sex, horror and humour to entice fairground visitors to sample their wares. "Fairground Art" is the first book ever to thoroughly reveal the fascinating history of this unique art form. Featuring over 1,100 illustrations - more than 700 in extravagant colour - it has been described by the "Los Angeles Herald Examiner" as a magical delight and by the "Financial Times" as a dazzling tour-de-force of riotous colour which must now be considered the definitive work. |
Contents
J SPOONER BURTONONTRENT | 24 |
CONEY ISLAND STYLE | 73 |
PART THREE THE MODERN MOVEMENT | 173 |
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Fairground Art: The Art Forms of Travelling Fairs, Carousels and Carnival ... Geoff Weedon,Richard Ward No preview available - 2003 |
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Alexander Devos American Anderson animals appear art nouveau artist back panel banners Bayol Bioscope shows bottom shutters Brian Nicholson Brian Nicholson collection built Burton-on-Trent canvas Carl Müller carved carvers catalogue centre century chariots Charles coloured Coney Island Courtois created decorated Dentzel Detail Devos Dodgems dragon early Edwin Hall English extension front façade factory fair fairground featured figures film firm Fred Fowle French German Ghost Train gondolas head Heyn Ibid Illions imagery images Jacques Courtois King's Lynn Lakin's later lion London Looff machine mane manufacture menagerie motifs motor cars Müller Nottingham Goose Fair ornament ornate Orton & Spooner painted Parker paybox photographed popular portraits produced ride rococo roundabout rounding boards saddle Salon Carousel Savage's Scenic Railways scrollwork Shooting Galleries showfronts showmen Speedway stalls steam style supplied Switchback targets travelled W. H. McAlpine collection waggons Waltzer Washington D.C. William wooden horses Wookey Hole