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Art Cards by Christina Varga
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| The History of ATC's : Art Cards have a long and interesting history. Art cards or miniatures were the rage in the 16th century. Mostly portraits, they were sold, not traded. They were the first wallet "photos". Men would have nudes painted of their Mistresses on art cards (without their wives knowing) most often by the same Artist that would do the big family portraits of their wives. Miniature Portraits were used when the wealthy arranged marriages. French artists were the first to come up with advertisement on art cards. Not until the mid-1700's did the English pick up on the idea. During the Impressionist Age artists traded art cards among themselves to study each other's style and techniques. They also traded or sold the art cards as necessary for supplies, food and lodging. In 1887 "baseball" cards started to appear. Early cards are rare and not mass produced. During 1902 - 1935, baseball's golden years, cards were sold with bubble gum, chewing tobacco and cracker jacks. In the 1960's the modern 2.5 x 3.5 size was standardized. Today there is a resurgence of hand made art cards for sale and trade. |
Pool Sharks
Bath Kiss
Fainting Chaise
Liza Love
Ascot
Bathing Angel
Candlelight couple
LIVE *
Magazine rack
VIEW
Yellow Cab
40's couple
Bathing girls
Beach Ball *
Woman On Top
AntiFem
Baby Breese
Baby Mamas
Bad Ass
BE
Bill Cosby 1 *
Bill Cosby 2
Cha Cha
Dirty Man
Everglades
FISTY
Genesis
Indian Couple
Jumpsuit
La Look
Man in Shades
May You Die a Virgin
Pipe Man
Rolls Royce
Scarecrow
Sun Myung Moon
Sweet Tits
Wash Em Up
Window
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