Author: John Gillow
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811841669
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Traces a boy's journey across India as he searches for a sacred buffalo bell stolen from his tribe.
African Textiles Today
Author: Chris Spring
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343804
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
African Textiles Today illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth. All artifacts or works of art hold within them stories that range far beyond the time of their creation or the lifetime of their creator, and African textiles are patterned with these hidden histories. In Africa, cloth may be used to memorialize or commemorate something - an event, a person, a political cause - which in other parts of the world might be written down in detail or recorded by a plaque or monument. History in Africa can be read, told, and recorded in cloth. Making and trading numerous types of cloth have been vital elements in African life and culture for at least two millennia, linking different parts of the continent with each other and the rest of the world. Africa's long engagement with the peoples of the Mediterranean and the islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans provides a story of change and continuity. African Textiles Today shows how ideas, techniques, materials, and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers. With a concluding chapter discussing the impact of African designs across the world, the book offers a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343804
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
African Textiles Today illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth. All artifacts or works of art hold within them stories that range far beyond the time of their creation or the lifetime of their creator, and African textiles are patterned with these hidden histories. In Africa, cloth may be used to memorialize or commemorate something - an event, a person, a political cause - which in other parts of the world might be written down in detail or recorded by a plaque or monument. History in Africa can be read, told, and recorded in cloth. Making and trading numerous types of cloth have been vital elements in African life and culture for at least two millennia, linking different parts of the continent with each other and the rest of the world. Africa's long engagement with the peoples of the Mediterranean and the islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans provides a story of change and continuity. African Textiles Today shows how ideas, techniques, materials, and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers. With a concluding chapter discussing the impact of African designs across the world, the book offers a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa.
African Textiles
Author: John Gillow
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811841669
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Traces a boy's journey across India as he searches for a sacred buffalo bell stolen from his tribe.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811841669
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Traces a boy's journey across India as he searches for a sacred buffalo bell stolen from his tribe.
The Art of African Textiles
Author: John Picton
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN: 9780853317968
Category : Textile crafts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a comprehensive look at the textiles of contemporary Africa. It includes essays on the hand-woven textiles of West Africa, applique and embroidery, the impact of European trade and the use of textiles as an art form.'
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN: 9780853317968
Category : Textile crafts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a comprehensive look at the textiles of contemporary Africa. It includes essays on the hand-woven textiles of West Africa, applique and embroidery, the impact of European trade and the use of textiles as an art form.'
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy Sieber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Essential Art of African Textiles
Author: Alisa LaGamma
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392937
Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392937
Category : Textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
NORTH AFRICAN TEXTILES PB
Author: SPRING CHRISTOPHER
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
North African Textiles celebrates a living tradition whose dynamism is apparent in the continued flourishing of old techniques and styles, whilst readily adapting to new materials and markets. The authors provide a much needed survey of a neglected subject and offer valuable new insights into the significance of textiles in the understanding of North African cultural tradition as a whole.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
North African Textiles celebrates a living tradition whose dynamism is apparent in the continued flourishing of old techniques and styles, whilst readily adapting to new materials and markets. The authors provide a much needed survey of a neglected subject and offer valuable new insights into the significance of textiles in the understanding of North African cultural tradition as a whole.
Woven Beauty
Author: Bernhard Gardi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783856164843
Category : Hand weaving
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
"The richly illustrated and expertly designed publication accompanying the exhibition "Woven Beauty -- The Art of West African Textiles" at the Museum der Kulturen Basel offers an impressive overview of West African textile culture, highlighting Mali, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Editor Bernhard Gardi was a member of the Boser-Gardi expedition that travelled across West Africa thirty-five years ago. The publication focuses on the collection assembled in the course of this journey. Well-informed contributions by renowned anthropologists provide valuable insight into an important but often neglected aspect of African art history."--Publisher's website.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783856164843
Category : Hand weaving
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
"The richly illustrated and expertly designed publication accompanying the exhibition "Woven Beauty -- The Art of West African Textiles" at the Museum der Kulturen Basel offers an impressive overview of West African textile culture, highlighting Mali, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Editor Bernhard Gardi was a member of the Boser-Gardi expedition that travelled across West Africa thirty-five years ago. The publication focuses on the collection assembled in the course of this journey. Well-informed contributions by renowned anthropologists provide valuable insight into an important but often neglected aspect of African art history."--Publisher's website.
The Art of African Textiles
Author: John Picton
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book originally accompanied the first hugely successful exhibition to take a broad look at textile design throughout the various regions of Africa. This book is an exciting survey of some of the most vibrant textiles in the world. It presents examples of the most significant and striking developments in African textile art, and represents all regions and forms of design.
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book originally accompanied the first hugely successful exhibition to take a broad look at textile design throughout the various regions of Africa. This book is an exciting survey of some of the most vibrant textiles in the world. It presents examples of the most significant and striking developments in African textile art, and represents all regions and forms of design.
African Textiles
Author: J. Picton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367154844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An illustrated survey of African textiles - their design, manufacture, and use - as part of African life, art, and culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367154844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An illustrated survey of African textiles - their design, manufacture, and use - as part of African life, art, and culture.
African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques
Author: Claire Polakoff
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780710009081
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780710009081
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description