Screen LibraryTextiles：the whole story : uses, meanings, significance
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Thames & Hudson,
|
| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Carrier Form: | 304 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780500515662 0500515662 |
| Index Number: | TS941 |
| CLC: | TS941.7 |
| Call Number: | TS941.7/G662 |
| Contents: |
"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour". Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-297) and index. The very fabric of existence : textiles in human consciousness -- Living on the earth : textiles and human survival -- The ties that bind : the social meanings of textiles -- Cloth and temporal power : money, trade, status, and control -- Cloth as communication : expressing meaning, messages, and beauty -- Textiles and the spirit : the sacred, spiritual, and healing significance of cloth. Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence. |