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Index of American Design, a Common card
The Index of American Design program of the Federal Art Project produced a pictorial survey of the crafts and decorative arts of the United States from the early colonial period to 1900.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,500
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Index of American Design quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Index of American Design card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Constance Rourke was the ______ and resident scholar of the Index, Ruth Reeves was its field supervisor.
Answer
editor. Constance Rourke was the editor and resident scholar of the Index, Ruth Reeves was its field supervisor. From the Index of American Design article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Index of American Design program of the Federal Art Project produced a pictorial survey of the crafts and decorative arts of the United States from the early colonial period to ____.
Answer
1900s. The Index of American Design program of the Federal Art Project produced a pictorial survey of the crafts and decorative arts of the United States from the early colonial period to 1900. From the Index of American Design article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Danilo. Danilo 53 · Northwestern National Life Insurance Company Home Office 50 · Index of American Design 47 · Van Gogh House 42 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Artists working for the Index produced a collection of 18,257 watercolor drawings of American decorative and folk arts objects, held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
- The Index's goal was establishing the basis for and contextualizing American art and design using, as a basis, these items created between the colonial period and the end of the nineteenth century.
- Constance Rourke was the editor and resident scholar of the Index, Ruth Reeves was its field supervisor.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Index of American Design article was read about 1,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Index of American Design
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Index of American Design (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, WPA Federal Art Project Illinois (desi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
