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Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing

By: Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

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An interesting guide to clothing worn on a day-to-day basis in Pharaonic Egypt. It provides information about the basic garment types from loincloths to headgear using actual examples and numerous illustrations based on ancient Egyptian representations.

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9004645209

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9789004645202

The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt

By: Gillian Spalding-Stracey

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The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt

By: Gillian Spalding-Stracey

In The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt Gillian Spalding-Stracey brings the design of crosses in monastic and ecclesiastical settings to the fore. Visual representations of the Holy Cross are often so ubiquitous in Christian art that they are often overlooked as artistic devices themselves. This volume offers an exploration of the variety of designs and associated imagery by which the Cross was expressed across the Egyptian landscape in late antiquity. A survey of locations and images leads to an analysis of artistic influences, possible symbolism, variance across time and place and the contextual use of the motif. Gillian Spalding-Stracey provides the reader with an art-historical perspective of the socio-cultural situation in Egypt at the time.

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265

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BRILL

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9004430512

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9789004430518

Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood,Willem Vogelsang

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Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood,Willem Vogelsang

For centuries, the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa have been producing domestic and professional embroidery to decorate themselves, their families, clients, homes and public spaces. Embroidery is an expression of artistic, personal, family, regional and even political creativity which has played an important role in the social and cultural lives of people throughout the region. It has also reflected economic and political changes over time as well as social, religious and artistic contexts. This is the first reference work to describe the history of embroidery throughout Africa south of the Sahara from the early modern period through to the present. From quilted armour to embroidered caps and leather sandals, it offers an authoritative guide to all the major embroidery traditions of the region and a detailed examination of the material, technical, artistic and design dimensions of the subject. Generously illustrated with 395 images (362 in colour) of clothes, accessories, and examples of decorated soft furnishings such as cushions, bed linen, curtains, floor coverings and wall hangings, the Encyclopedia is an essential resource for students and scholars of the subject. This volume is part of the Bloomsbury World Encyclopedia of Embroidery series. The first volume, on embroidery from the Arab World, won the 2017 Dartmouth Medal, awarded by the American Library Association for a reference work of outstanding quality and significance.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135026427X

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9781350264274

Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent

By: Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood,Willem Vogelsang

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Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent

By: Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood,Willem Vogelsang

This is the first reference work to describe the history of embroidery throughout Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent from the medieval period through to the present. It offers an authoritative guide to all the major embroidery traditions of the region and a detailed examination of the material, technical, artistic and design dimensions of the subject, including its use by today's fashion designers. For millennia, the peoples of Central Asian, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent have migrated and traded along the multiple strands of the Silk Road, both north–south and east–west. This history of contact has found rich expression within the arts and crafts of the region and particularly in the heritage of embroidery which has sat at the heart of the social and cultural lives of these diverse communities. Embroidery has been produced to decorate individuals, their families, their clients, their homes and public spaces and has reflected economic and political changes over time as well as social, religious and artistic contexts. Generously illustrated with 500 images (350 in colour) of clothes, accessories, and examples of decorated soft furnishings such as cushions, bed linen, curtains, floor coverings and wall hangings, the Encyclopedia is an essential resource for students and scholars of the subject.

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts

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1350017248

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9781350017245

Book's by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing

Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing

The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt

The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt

Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Sub-Saharan Africa

Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Sub-Saharan Africa

Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent

Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent

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