Sentance Bryan
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Basketry
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Thames and Hudson
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Автор: Sentance Bryan
Издательство: Thames&Hudson, 2007
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PDF, 216 страниц, 6.48 МБ
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This book, now in paperback, was the first to provide a worldwide survey of basketmaking, revealing common solutions to design and construction, within a dazzling range of styles. The book includes over eighty individual topics: • Materials – from bamboo and bark, rattan and rushes, to palms, grasses and synthetic fibres • Techniques – from twining and plaiting, to coiling, linking and looping • Decoration – from natural colours and dyes, to embroidery and embellishment • Everyday basketry – from cradles and carrying, fishing and storage, to rites of passage • Wider applications – from art to hats, from architecture to transport Complete with advice on collecting, a glossary, information on where to see baskets, a bibliography and over 830 illustrations of baskets and basketry, this is essential for anyone concerned with art, craft, decorative objects and interior design.
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27 октрября 2010
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Craft Traditions of The World: Locally Made, Globally Inspiring
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Thames and Hudson
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Автор: Sentance Bryan
Издательство: Thames&Hudson, 2009
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PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ
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The first comprehensive worldwide survey, an essential document for anyone concerned with art, crafts, and decorative objects. The diversity of the crafts included here is truly astonishing: Berber flatweaves, North African amulets, Tibetan tiger rugs, Japanese kojeshi dolls, Aborigine microlith tools, Maori fish hooks, North American carved gourds, Amazonian pottery, Hungarian painted eggs, Venetian glass beads, German and French tin-glazed ceramics, Pacific totem poles, Shaker boxes. . . . The book is organized geographically—North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia and Oceania—and each section is subdivided into specific crafts. The techniques used in a particular craft and its history—from Andean backstrap weaving and Polish paper cutting to Hausa embroidery and wood carving in the Hindu Kush—are explained and illustrated, highlighting an incredible diversity of styles. Complete with a bibliography and information on museums, this survey celebrates skills found all around the world. 475 color, 5 b&w illustrations
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22 марта 2012
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