Product Description: Painting Labour in Scotland and Europe, 1850-1900 explores hitherto unrecognized European variations in the phenomena of rural labour imagery, particularly in Scotland. In exploring these distinctions relative to Scotland and Europe it looks to develop a new understanding of the commonalities and idiosyncrasies of rural labour imagery which have often been treated as homogenous...read more

Product Description: This book focuses on representations of work in American sculpture, from the decade in which the American Federation of Labor was formed, to the inauguration of the federal works project that subsidized American artists during the Great Depression...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South with sensitivity and reverence for her subjects. From the textile mill worker and tobacco farmer to the sponge diver and elevator operator, Whyte has sought out some of the last remnants of rural and industrial workforces declining or altogether lost through changes in our economy, environment, technology, and fashion...read more

Product Description: In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South with sensitivity and reverence for her subjects. From the textile mill worker and tobacco farmer to the sponge diver and elevator operator, Whyte has sought out some of the last remnants of rural and industrial workforces declining or altogether lost through changes in our economy, environment, technology, and fashion...read more

Product Description: Shakespeare, Vermeer, Lope de Vega, Molière, and Diderot dont usually keep company with one another. But in this acclaimed book, Richard Helgerson shows that each contributed to a common project of great significance: the artistic promotion of the middle-class home...read more

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Product Description: The rich network of popular cultural institutions created by the German labour movement after 1890 is unique in the history of the European working class. In this study the author discusses the role of visual art in the working-class environment, both as an influence in the home and in the political agitation and propaganda of the political parties...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Philip S. Foner

Examines great paintings from various periods and countries which depict men and women at work.

Briefly discusses and gives examples of well-known paintings immortalizing working women, laborers, craftsmen, merchants, businessmen, writers, and representatives of six other professions.