Author: Roy Sieber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy Sieber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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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.'
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
African Art in Detail
Author: Christopher Spring
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674036222
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This book opens with the question, What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts--ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional--the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons--in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Chris Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674036222
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This book opens with the question, What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts--ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional--the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons--in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Chris Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.
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.
African Prints
Author: Shirley Friedland
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A pictorial survey of printed fabrics - includes abstract and geometric, floral and animal prints. There is a companion volume entitled "African Fabric Design."
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A pictorial survey of printed fabrics - includes abstract and geometric, floral and animal prints. There is a companion volume entitled "African Fabric Design."
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy Sieber
Publisher: New York Graphic Society Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Issued in connection with the exhibition to be held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 11, 1972-Jan. 31, 1973, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 20-May 31, 1973, the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, July 2-Aug. 31, 1973, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct 3-Dec. 2, 1973
Publisher: New York Graphic Society Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Issued in connection with the exhibition to be held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 11, 1972-Jan. 31, 1973, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 20-May 31, 1973, the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, July 2-Aug. 31, 1973, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct 3-Dec. 2, 1973
African Fabric Design
Author: Shirley Friedland
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This pictorial survey of African fabric prints includes contemporary bold two- and three-color designs, stripes, grids, and geometrics arranged with a focus on design, color, and pattern. Shown are commercially-made adaptations of traditional African designs in cotton, rayon, wool, synthetics, metallics and surface embellishment. The photographs are lively references and inspiration to artists and designers of fashion and fabrics.
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This pictorial survey of African fabric prints includes contemporary bold two- and three-color designs, stripes, grids, and geometrics arranged with a focus on design, color, and pattern. Shown are commercially-made adaptations of traditional African designs in cotton, rayon, wool, synthetics, metallics and surface embellishment. The photographs are lively references and inspiration to artists and designers of fashion and fabrics.
Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa
Author: John Gillow
Publisher: British museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
This book is a visual feast, illustrating the richness and diversity of the African textile tradition, and providing designers at all levels with inspiration for their own work. Over 30 textiles from The British Museum's renowned collection are explored in detail: magnificent blue-and-white, indigo-resist-dyed cloths from West Africa; multi-coloured, tie-dyed and woven North African textiles; "mud cloths" from Mali; the unique wrap-striped weaves and ikats from Madagascar; "adinkra" block-print and painted "caligraphy" cloths from Ghana; and the "adire" cloths from Yorubaland
Publisher: British museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
This book is a visual feast, illustrating the richness and diversity of the African textile tradition, and providing designers at all levels with inspiration for their own work. Over 30 textiles from The British Museum's renowned collection are explored in detail: magnificent blue-and-white, indigo-resist-dyed cloths from West Africa; multi-coloured, tie-dyed and woven North African textiles; "mud cloths" from Mali; the unique wrap-striped weaves and ikats from Madagascar; "adinkra" block-print and painted "caligraphy" cloths from Ghana; and the "adire" cloths from Yorubaland
The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts
Author: John Michael Vlach
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820312339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Included in the examples are works from the Charleston and Old Slave Mart museums and the ironwork of Philip Simmons.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820312339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Included in the examples are works from the Charleston and Old Slave Mart museums and the ironwork of Philip Simmons.