American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds , published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries.
Early church steeples were graced with weathercocks, following a European tradition that dates to the Middl.
This American art form has long been an enduring part of the country\'s skylines.
American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds , published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries
