Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance /
Gordon, Beverly.
Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / Beverly Gordon. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2011. - 304 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references 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. 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.
9780500515662 : $60.00 0500515662
2011922631
Textile fabrics
Textile fabrics--Social aspects.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects
746.1
Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / Beverly Gordon. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2011. - 304 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references 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. 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.
9780500515662 : $60.00 0500515662
2011922631
Textile fabrics
Textile fabrics--Social aspects.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects
746.1