Description: Welcome to the AlyssumArts blog where we will focus on the Pennsylvania Germans, their culture and decorative arts. By mid-eighteenth century almost fifty percent of Pennsylvania’s population came from German-speaking areas of Europe. They were inclined to fervently preserve their distinctive dialects, religious beliefs, and European-derived cultural backgrounds which they heartily expressed in their buildings,…
Welcome to the AlyssumArts blog where we will focus on the Pennsylvania Germans, their culture and decorative arts. By mid-eighteenth century almost fifty percent of Pennsylvania’s population came from German-speaking areas of Europe. They were inclined to fervently preserve their distinctive dialects, religious beliefs, and European-derived cultural backgrounds which they heartily expressed in their buildings, foods, everyday tools, textiles, and folk art. Their artistic motifs were common to all their cr
Del-Louise Moyer
Excellent! Looking forward to it.