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Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles

Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles

Traude Gavin
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Including many rare and antique examples, this luxurious volume introduces readers to the intoxicating and complex beauty of Indonesian cloth.
Since the 1970s Mary Hunt Kahlenberg has been building her collection of exquisite ceremonial garments and sacred textiles from throughout Indonesia's chain of tropical islands. Dating from the past five centuries and brought together here for the first time in book form, these woven and batiked hangings, ceremonial mats, jackets, shawls, and head cloths form a stunning array that will draw the attention of anyone with a love of art, fine craftsmanship, and design. Large, elegantly presented photographs show the textiles in incredible closeup detail and full expanse, making it possible to appreciate their technical brilliance and rich colors as well as the dazzling assortment of intricate patterns and motifs. Including essays by leading anthropologists and art historians, this book brings readers into a world ruled by the belief that weavings communicate with and transform those who come into contact with them.

Contents:
Close observations and priceless memories / Mary Hunt Kahlenberg --
Introduction : the study of Indonesian textiles : past, present, and future ; Early Indonesian textiles : scientific dating in a wider context / Ruth Barnes --
Introduction to plates --
Sumatra --
Upland tribe, coastal village, and inland court : revised parameters for batik research / Rens Heringa --
Java --
Clothes for the ancestors : on the relationship between technique and meaning of balinese ritual textiles / Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff --
Bali --
Triangle and tree : austronesian themes in the design interpretation of Indonesian textiles / Traude Gavin --
Borneo --
Sulawesi --
Textiles and identity in eastern Indonesia / Roy W. Hamilton --
Nusa Tenggara --
Connections and distinctions : textiles in Maluki Tenggara / Toos van Dijk --
Maluku.
Language
English
Pages
408
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Prestel
Release
September 01, 2010
ISBN
3791350714

Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles

Traude Gavin
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Including many rare and antique examples, this luxurious volume introduces readers to the intoxicating and complex beauty of Indonesian cloth.
Since the 1970s Mary Hunt Kahlenberg has been building her collection of exquisite ceremonial garments and sacred textiles from throughout Indonesia's chain of tropical islands. Dating from the past five centuries and brought together here for the first time in book form, these woven and batiked hangings, ceremonial mats, jackets, shawls, and head cloths form a stunning array that will draw the attention of anyone with a love of art, fine craftsmanship, and design. Large, elegantly presented photographs show the textiles in incredible closeup detail and full expanse, making it possible to appreciate their technical brilliance and rich colors as well as the dazzling assortment of intricate patterns and motifs. Including essays by leading anthropologists and art historians, this book brings readers into a world ruled by the belief that weavings communicate with and transform those who come into contact with them.

Contents:
Close observations and priceless memories / Mary Hunt Kahlenberg --
Introduction : the study of Indonesian textiles : past, present, and future ; Early Indonesian textiles : scientific dating in a wider context / Ruth Barnes --
Introduction to plates --
Sumatra --
Upland tribe, coastal village, and inland court : revised parameters for batik research / Rens Heringa --
Java --
Clothes for the ancestors : on the relationship between technique and meaning of balinese ritual textiles / Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff --
Bali --
Triangle and tree : austronesian themes in the design interpretation of Indonesian textiles / Traude Gavin --
Borneo --
Sulawesi --
Textiles and identity in eastern Indonesia / Roy W. Hamilton --
Nusa Tenggara --
Connections and distinctions : textiles in Maluki Tenggara / Toos van Dijk --
Maluku.
Language
English
Pages
408
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Prestel
Release
September 01, 2010
ISBN
3791350714

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