Weaving the Dance - 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 Weaving the Dance write by Rebecca M. Valette. This book was released on 2000. Weaving the Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Weaving the Dance is the first book to focus on the early development of a special category of twentieth-century Navajo textiles known as Yeibichai weavings. These weavings are artistic interpretations of the Yeibichai dance, a sacred rite that provides a spectacular conclusion to the nine-day Navajo ceremony known as the Nightway. In spite of their theme, Yeibichai textiles were never intended for ceremonial use, but were produced exclusively for sale to an Anglo clientele willing to pay premium prices for them. Like other textiles featuring ceremonial figures, their appearance in the first decade of the twentieth century nevertheless created controversy among Navajos since traditional beliefs strongly prohibit the reproduction of sacred figures outside a ceremonal context. By the 1930s, scholars were dismissing these novel weavings as bad examples of tourist art and writing them off as a "passing fad." Despite this dire prediction, weaving with ceremonial figures continued to be produced and now constitute a recognized and well-established category of Navajo textiles." "Because of their rarity and their intriguing theme, the first Navajo weavings to feature stylized ceremonal figures in their designs captured the imagination of wealthy collectors. William Randolph Hearst, for example, purchased two such rugs to complement his extensive collection of classic (pre-1870) Navajo blankets. Collectors of Yeibichai weavings include personalities as diverse as Marjorie Merriwether Post, the cereal businesswoman and philanthropist, and Chee Dodge, the Navajo leader who became the first chairman of the Tribal Council in 1923." "Today, early Yeibichai weavings are appreciated not for their ceremonial themes, but for their originality, beauty and relative scarcity. This book traces the stylistic evolution of the genre from the highly original and complex designs created in the 1910-1935 period, to the more standarized patterns which emerged in the late 1930s and 1940s."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Dance of the Weave
Dance of the Weave - 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 Dance of the Weave write by Briana Blasko. This book was released on 2013. Dance of the Weave available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The photographs ... of an extensive journey that the artist undertook across the length and breadth of India over a period of five years. She visited dance schools and festivals ... to research classical, folk and tribal dances. She also visitedweaving villages, documenting costumes, textiles and the dancers' interaction with fabric through movement. By highlighting the drapes that are used in dance, Briana Blasko shows us how even a single piece of cloth can hold a sacred position in India"--Publisher's description.
Choral Constructions in Greek Culture
Choral Constructions in Greek Culture - 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 Choral Constructions in Greek Culture write by Deborah Tarn Steiner. This book was released on 2021-04-22. Choral Constructions in Greek Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why did the Greeks of the archaic and early Classical period join in choruses that sang and danced on public and private occasions? This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of representations of chorality in the poetry, art and material remains of early Greece in order to demonstrate the centrality of the activity in the social, religious and technological practices of individuals and communities. Moving from a consideration of choral archetypes, among them cauldrons, columns, Gorgons, ships and halcyons, the discussion then turns to an investigation of how participation in choral song and dance shaped communal experience and interacted with a variety of disparate spheres that include weaving, cataloguing, temple architecture and inscribing. The study ends with a treatment of the role of choral activity in generating epiphanies and allowing viewers and participants access to realms that typically lie beyond their perception.
Spider Woman's Children
Spider Woman's Children - 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 Spider Woman's Children write by Barbara Teller Ornelas. This book was released on 2018. Spider Woman's Children available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Navajo rugs set the gold standard for handwoven textiles in the U.S. But what about the people who create these treasures? Spider Woman's Children is the inside story, told by two women who are both deeply embedded in their own culture and considered among the very most skillful and artistic of Navajo weavers today. Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are fifth-generation weavers who grew up at the fabled Two Grey Hills trading post. Their family and clan connections give them rare insight, as this volume takes readers into traditional hogans, remote trading posts, reservation housing neighborhoods, and urban apartments to meet weavers who follow the paths of their ancestors, who innovate with new designs and techniques, and who uphold time-honored standards of excellence. Throughout the text are beautifully depicted examples of the finest, most mindful weaving this rich tradition has to offer.
Unflattening
Unflattening - 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 Unflattening write by Nick Sousanis. This book was released on 2015-04-20. Unflattening available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Unflattening is an experiment in visual thinking. Nick Sousanis defies conventional forms of scholarly discourse to offer readers both a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge.
