The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present - Brossura

Broudy, Eric

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0874516498 ISBN 13: 9780874516494

Casa editrice: Univ Pr of New England, 1993

Riassunto

The handloom--often no more than a bundle of sticks and a few lengths of cordage--has been known to almost all cultures for thousands of years. Eric Broduy places the wide variety of handlooms in historical context. What influenced their development? How did they travel from one geographic area to another? Were they invented independently by different cultures? How have modern cultures improved on ancient weaving skills and methods? Broudy shows how virtually every culture, no matter how primitive, has woven on handlooms. He highlights the incredible technical achievement of primitive cultures that created magnificent textiles with the crudest of tools and demonstrates that modern technology has done nothing to surpass their skill or inventiveness.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

ERIC BROUDY, a former freelance writer and editor, now devotes his time to fine art photography and public arts management.

Product Description:

Book by Broudy Eric

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ Pr of New England
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0874516498
• ISBN 13: 9780874516494
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176