Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance
題名:
Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance
著者:
Gordon, Beverly
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9780500515662
出版資訊:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2011
規格:
304 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
一般附註:
Includes bibliographical references and index
內容:
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.
摘要:
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.
主題:
| Textile fabrics |
| Textile fabrics -- Social aspects |
| Clothing and dress -- Social aspects |
摘要:
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.