Trickster Travels - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Trickster Travels write by Natalie Zemon Davis. This book was released on 2007-03-06. Trickster Travels available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readers Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone. In this fascinating new book, the distinguished historian Natalie Zemon Davis offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial, and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, and a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life and work. In Trickster Travels, Davis describes all the sectors of her hero's life in rich detail, scrutinizing the evidence of al-Hasan's movement between cultural worlds; the Islamic and Arab traditions, genres, and ideas available to him; and his adventures with Christians and Jews in a European community of learned men and powerful church leaders. In depicting the life of this adventurous border-crosser, Davis suggests the many ways cultural barriers are negotiated and diverging traditions are fused.
1950s Fashion Print
1950s Fashion Print - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 1950s Fashion Print write by Marnie Fogg. This book was released on 2021-06-10. 1950s Fashion Print available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An essential sourcebook of prints from a key fashion decade. The 1950s was the decade when an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. Showcasing hundreds of print designs, this book celebrates the heyday of postwar fashion design. From Lucienne Day and Robert Stewart to Maija Isola of Marimekko, the designs and influences of the print icons of the time are all covered. In addition to finished prints, the book contains exclusive illustrations and original artworks. The major themes of the period are explored, including: narrative and novelty; abstraction, exploring the distorted and attenuated forms used in print; artistic licence and the influence of contemporary art on fashion print; and finally kinetic prints that capture the influence of the era’s ‘mobiles, doodles and spasms’. Each short chapter introduction is followed by a range of illustrations with captions to give provenance and relevance, making this a unique sourcebook for contemporary designers and students.
1950s Fashion Print
1950s Fashion Print - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 1950s Fashion Print write by Marnie Fogg. This book was released on 2021-06-10. 1950s Fashion Print available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An essential sourcebook of prints from a key fashion decade. The 1950s was the decade when an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. Showcasing hundreds of print designs, this book celebrates the heyday of postwar fashion design. From Lucienne Day and Robert Stewart to Maija Isola of Marimekko, the designs and influences of the print icons of the time are all covered. In addition to finished prints, the book contains exclusive illustrations and original artworks. The major themes of the period are explored, including: narrative and novelty; abstraction, exploring the distorted and attenuated forms used in print; artistic licence and the influence of contemporary art on fashion print; and finally kinetic prints that capture the influence of the era's 'mobiles, doodles and spasms'. Each short chapter introduction is followed by a range of illustrations with captions to give provenance and relevance, making this a unique sourcebook for contemporary designers and students.
1950s Fashion Prints
1950s Fashion Prints - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 1950s Fashion Prints write by Marnie Fogg. This book was released on 2010-05. 1950s Fashion Prints available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Celebrating the very best of post-World War II design, this richly illustrated sourcebook features a fresh look at print design at the dawn of the Atomic Age. Hundreds of prints from top designers of the 1950s are showcased, each an outstanding example of the times, revealing the characteristic analytical approach to design and the use of whimsy and idiosyncrasy to express the cultural upheavals occurring worldwide. The concise chapters are each accompanied by a range of captioned illustrations that explain the provenance and purpose of each print.
1960s Fashion Print
1960s Fashion Print - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 1960s Fashion Print write by Marnie Fogg. This book was released on 2008-09-16. 1960s Fashion Print available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A sourcebook of 1960s fashion print – the apogee of fashion print – that will be the inspiration for designers for years to come. The creativity of the period is given full expression in this sourcebook of hundreds of designs that makes it an essential for contemporary design practitioners and students. The book contains exclusive illustrations and original artwork from designers as well as finished prints. Each short chapter introduction is followed by a range of illustrations with captions to give provenance and relevance. The prints are arranged in the chapters: • Art into Pop: fashion prints that saw the influence of Pop Art • Revivals and Reflections: Biba''s revival of 19th-century designs • Flower Power: floral designs, from Marimekko to Ken Scott • Lost in multicoloured hues, kaleidoscopic colours and psychedelia prints • Magical Mystery Tour: the influence of other cultures on print design
