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Author: Annette B. Weiner
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2013-08-06
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1588343847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCloth and Human Experience explores a wide variety of cultures and eras, discussing production and trade, economics, and symbolic and spiritual associations.
Author: J. Picton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-18
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0429708858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated survey of African textiles - their design, manufacture, and use - as part of African life, art, and culture.
Author: Vanessa Drake Moraga
Publisher:
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780874050356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Maureen Fennell Mazzaoui
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-12-05
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1351895575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume examines the role of textiles within the expanding global economy in the Age of European Exploration. Major themes include: the opening of new markets and responses to competition in the cloth trade, evolving techniques and modes of production, and changes in the patterns of consumption of local and imported cloth in a comparative, cross-cultural context.
Author: Sam Hilu
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCoveted by museum curators and private collectors alike, these striking velvety embroidered raffia cloths and ceremonial appliqu skirts were created deep in the heart of the Congo by the Kuba people. The intricate, eye-dazzling abstract designs, executed in an appealing palette of vegetal dyes, have inspired innumerable artists and designers including Paul Klee, Henry Matisse, Eduardo Chillida, Georges Braque, and Tristan Tzara. A value guide makes it an invaluable reference for collectors.
Author: Patrick Coleman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0300215479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Art of Music takes the relationship between two of the more prominent and oft-intersecting branches of artistic creation as its subject. The liaison between music and the visual arts has inspired countless generations of artists. The two have had manifold complex interactions across all periods of history, in Western and non-Western contexts alike, yet their intersection has only become a rich vein for research by art historians and musicologists in the last thirty years. By tracing these relationships, new insights into the affinities of the arts become clear"--
Author: Anne-Marie Bouttiaux
Publisher: 5Continents
Published: 2008-09
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrating African costumes and textiles, this volume draws on historical and modern pieces from the Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection. The extraordinary works presented exemplify the craftsmanship of highly skilled African weavers and provide insight into the lives and culture of various ethnic groups. Whether the materials used are wool, cotton, silk, raffia, or bark, the patterns the weavers produce are predominantly geometric and abstract, but highly stylized figurative motifs are also found. The designs frequently illustrate excerpts from historical or mythical stories. The book presents a breathtaking variety of costumes, textiles, and accessories used for everyday wear and for special celebrations, and explores the different techniques, influences, and meanings behind these colorful works of art. The essays describe the history of the development of these techniques and the richness of the symbolism in this form of cultural heritage. The superb photography showcases the splendor of these intricate and exquisite textiles.
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 1924
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Library of Congress
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 1752
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ira Dworkin
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2017-04-27
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 1469632721
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African Americans were playing a central role in a growing Congo reform movement. In an era when popular vaudeville music frequently trafficked in racist language and imagery, "Congo Love Song" emerges as one example of the many ways that African American activists, intellectuals, and artists called attention to colonialism in Africa. In this book, Ira Dworkin examines black Americans' long cultural and political engagement with the Congo and its people. Through studies of George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and other figures, he brings to light a long-standing relationship that challenges familiar presumptions about African American commitments to Africa. Dworkin offers compelling new ways to understand how African American involvement in the Congo has helped shape anticolonialism, black aesthetics, and modern black nationalism.
