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Author : Cloisters (Museum)
Release : 1976
Genre : Hunt of the unicorn
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 477/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Unicorn Tapestries by : Cloisters (Museum)
Download or read book The Unicorn Tapestries written by Cloisters (Museum). This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean Pierre Larochette
Release : 2020
Genre : Tapestry
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Book Rating : 330/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Anatomy of a Tapestry by : Jean Pierre Larochette
Download or read book Anatomy of a Tapestry written by Jean Pierre Larochette. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Pierre Larochette is a renowned top-level artist, making this opportunity to learn from him a treasure for all levels of weavers.
Author : Adolph S. Cavallo
Release : 1998
Genre : Art and mythology
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Book Rating : 684/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by : Adolph S. Cavallo
Download or read book The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Adolph S. Cavallo. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is a set of tapestries depicting the hunt of the fabled unicorn. Each of the seven exquisite tapestries is reproduced in large colorplates and with a wealth of color details. Created in the Netherlands in 1495-1505, they contain supremely memorable images - from the vulnerable unicorn and the individualized faces of the hunters to the naturalistically depicted flora and fauna. The author also looks at the construction of the tapestries and the historical and cultural context in which they were woven.
Author : Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Release : 2007
Genre : Adoption
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 015/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mishka by : Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Download or read book Mishka written by Adrienne Ehlert Bashista. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother talks to her child about what life was like before the child was adopted from Russia, and what life is like now.
Author : Micala Sidore
Release : 2020-06-28
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Book Rating : 927/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Art Is the Cloth by : Micala Sidore
Download or read book The Art Is the Cloth written by Micala Sidore. This book was released on 2020-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks. You'll discover much to enjoy in photos of more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Sidore enables you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered as she groups pieces that talk with each other--and that also converse with the viewer. Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. Then, learn six ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. This eye-opening guide to seeing explains the great range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers . . . and of life.
