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Textiles of Japan (engl.)

The Thomas Murray Collection

Thomas Murray, Virginia Soenksen (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

520 Seiten

2018
Prestel (Verlag)
978-3-7913-8520-4 (ISBN)

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From rugged Japanese firemen's ceremonial robes and austere rural work-wear to colorful, delicately-patterned cotton kimonos, this lavishly illustrated volume explores Japan's rich tradition of textiles. Textiles are an eloquent form of cultural expression and of great importance in the daily life of a people, as well as in their rituals and ceremonies. The traditional clothing and fabrics featured in this book were made and used in the islands of the Japanese archipelago between the late 18th and the mid 20th century. The Thomas Murray collection featured in this book includes daily dress, work-wear, and festival garb and follows the Arts and Crafts philosophy of the Mingei Movement, which saw that modernization would leave behind traditional art forms such as the hand-made textiles used by country people, farmers, and fisherman. It presents subtly patterned cotton fabrics, often indigo dyed from the main islands of Honshu and Kyushu, along with garments of the more remote islands: the graphic bark cloth, nettle fiber, and fish skin robes of the aboriginal Ainu in Hokkaido and Sakhalin to the north, and the brilliantly colored cotton kimonos of Okinawa to the far south. Numerous examples of these fabrics, photographed in exquisite detail, offer insight into Japan's complex textile history as well as inspiration for today's designers and artists. This volume explores the range and artistry of the country's tradition of fiber arts and is an essential resource for anyone captivated by the Japanese aesthetic.

THOMAS MURRAY ist Händler für asiatische und Stammeskunst und besitzt eine umfangreiche Privatsammlung japanischer und indonesischer Textilien. Er war Vorsitzender der Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association (ATADA) und Mitglied des Beratungsausschusses für Kulturgüter von Präsident Obama im US-Außenministerium. VIRGINIA SOENKSEN ist stellvertretende Leiterin der Madison Art Collection an der James Madison University in Virginia. ANNA JACKSON ist Kuratorin der asiatischen Abteilung des Victoria and Albert Museum in London, wo sie für die Sammlung japanischer Textilien und Kleidungsstücke des Museums verantwortlich zeichnet.

»A remarkable tome…with pin-sharp photography that brings you so close to the cloth you can almost feel it.«

»These textiles have a beauty and intimacy that enables us to appreciate them in an immediate way (...).«

Erscheinungsdatum	11.01.2019
Vorwort	Anna Jackson
Verlagsort	München
Sprache	englisch
Maße	264 x 349 mm
Gewicht	3950 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Schlagworte	Ästhetik • Buch • Bücher • Design • englische Bücher • fabrics • Geschichte Japan • Geschichte Mode • Japan • Japanese art • Japanese culture • japanische Kultur • Japanische Kunst • Japanische Stoffe • japanische Tradition • Jimbei • Kimono • Kunst • Mode • Obi • Stoffe • Stoffmuster • Tokio
ISBN-10	3-7913-8520-8 / 3791385208
ISBN-13	978-3-7913-8520-4 / 9783791385204
Zustand	Neuware