Book by Girard Foundation This unpretentious paper-over-boards presentation highlights selected artifacts in the Girard Wing of Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art. Textile designer Alexander Girard (1907-93) and his wife, Susan, donated their 106,000-piece collection, truly global in scope, in 1978. After a short essay eulogizing Girard, art from over 100 countries is illustrated in 100 color plates. Unfortunately, the accompanying commentary is sporadic and uncritical, consisting of one- or two-page explanations of Japanese, Indian, Western European, African, and Mexican portions of the Girard Collection. This picture book offers the same boilerplate as Robin Gavin's Traditional Arts of Spanish New Mexico (Museum of New Mexico Pr., 1994) to highlight the museum's individual collections. For world folk art collections only.?Russell T. Clement, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Alexander Girard (1907-1993) amassed the largest cross-cultural folk art collection in the world. To date more than a million visitors have flocked to the folk art museum in Santa Fe to savor and take delight in the bright and beautiful objects that inspired the renowned architect and designer. Girard was captivated by the "handcrafted" cultures of the world and saw the tragedy of their demise. Yet as a collector he was looking not to capture the past but to nourish the spirit of mankind and encourage the art that we can create for ourselves now. Folk Art from the Global Village: The Girard Collection at the Museum of International Folk Art presents more than one hundred countries: African tribal sculpture, Mexican Day of the Dead figures, sub-Saharan textiles, Latin American figurative ceramics, Pueblo Indian arts, Panamanian molas, and toys from around the world. With 100 plates in full color, Folk Art from the Global Village features an essay by Jack Lenor Larsen. -- Midwest Book Review Tutto il mondo e paese-the whole world is hometown.(A favorite Italian proverb of Alexander Girard). Alexander Girard (1907-1993) amassed the largest cross-cultural folk art collection in the world. To date more than a million visitors have flocked to the folk art museum in Santa Fe to savor and take delight in the bright and beautiful objects that inspired the renowned architect and designer. Girard was captivated by the "handcrafted" cultures of the world and saw the tragedy of their demise. Yet as a collector he was looking not to capture the past but to nourish the spirit of mankind and encourage the art that we can create for ourselves now. The Girard Wing at the Museum of International Folk Art, designed by the collector to permanently exhibit some ten thousand pieces and visited by millions, continually affirms that Girard was right in believing that in folk art there are no foreigners. Folk Art from the Global Village features one hundred plates in full color and an essay by Jack Lenor Larsen. In all, more than one hundred countries are represented - African tribal sculpture, Mexican Day of the Dead figures, sub-Saharan textiles, toys from around the world, and much more. Presented in a popular gift format. Used Book in Good Condition