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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Definitive and Fun Guide to Circus Sideshow Banner Art!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art (Paperback)
This terrific book celebrates the (now) lost world of Circus Sideshow banner art. This book includes illustrations for such classic Circus Sideshow acts as the Alligator-Skin Girl, the Amazing Eeka, the Sword Swallower, the Rubber-Skin Man, and, of course, everybody's favorite cover girl, Sweet Marie, the world-renowned Fat Lady. This book also includes biographical information about the artists who created these amazing works of folk art such as Snap Wyatt, Johnny Meah, Fred Johnson, and Jack Cripe. This book is a surprisingly serious treatment of this little-known corner of the folk art world. (The authors convincingly link various visual elements in the sideshow banners to 17th Century Flemish portrait painting and Japanese wood-block prints!) This is a really fun book that every folk art fan will really love. The book contains 70 color illustrations and a total of 35 pages of essays. Incidentally, although I bought this book because of my interest in folk art, this book will also certainly appeal to circus enthusiasts and collectors of circus memorabilia.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Side-show Banner Art Expert,
By lynne bailey (chgo, il United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art (Paperback)
This dealer wrote the definitive book on banner art and artists. If you plan on collecting banners, you must read this book.
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Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art by Gideon Bosker (Paperback - June 1, 1996)
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