African Textiles Today
by Chris Spring
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- 1588343804
- ISBN 13
- 9781588343802
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Smithsonian Books, 2012. Hardcover. New/New. New oversized hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. (9.77 x 1.08 x 10.89 inches) Includes a map, glossary, index, and high-quality full-color photos. 256 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. 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.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. 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.
Synopsis
CHRIS SPRING is curator of the African collection at the British Museum. He is the author of numerous books on African art and culture, including African Arms and Armour , North African Textiles , and African Art in Detail .
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201094
- Title
- African Textiles Today
- Author
- Chris Spring
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1588343804
- ISBN 13
- 9781588343802
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Dc, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- African culture, Textiles, Museum book, Art history, Clothing, fashion, Africa, Artwork, Cloth,
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