African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent - Softcover

John Gillow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500288003 ISBN 13: 9780500288009

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

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Readers with a passion for textiles will ... settle in with the thrilling reds and calming indigos that Gillow has put before our eyes. Full color illustrations of items such as Pygmy bark cloth from the Congo and Ethiopian weavings makes for an outstanding presentation any library strong in African art history will relish.

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New in paperback, this book remains the most comprehensive survey of African textiles on the market today, illustrating in over 570 spectacular colour photographs the traditional, handcrafted, indigenous textiles of the whole continent. Covering, region by region, the handmade textiles ofWest, North, East, Central and Southern Africa, African Textiles outlines the vast array of techniques used as well as the different types of loom, materials and dyes that help to create these sumptuous textiles.With a useful glossary and map, a guide to collections open to the public, and suggestions for further reading, this book provides a wealth of information on the rich art of African textiles.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0500288003
• ISBN 13: 9780500288009
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240