Textiles: The Art of Mankind

I thought it would contain a little bit more about textile print design but non the less a very beautiful and informative book .

unica parola per definire questo libro: Bello! Pagine curate, buona stampa, foto perfette, mostrano anche i dettagli dei tessuti.è sicuramente un libro da collezione, particolarmente curato nei dettagli

Cadeau 🎁 Noël 🎄

A splendid book, well-researched and beautifully illustrated. Something to treasure....and to dip into, not really to read in one sitting. The project is ambitious - examining the history of textiles from the earliest times up to the present.Some of the discussion is about whether textiles count as 'art' or 'craft' - a dilemma that will probably never be fully resolved. The illustrations depict textiles from all over the world, from all periods of history, and the text examines mutual developments, and the influence of cultures on each other. It discusses various types of fibre and how they are used...silk, wool, linen, synthetic fibres and so on.

Let't get it out of the way first.......I don't "get" the choice of artwork for the cover. I was in a toney NYC book store and saw this book, all awash in shrink wrap, and I "assumed" that it was about the history of textiles. The choice of cover artwork, a very lovely-but-traditional print, lead me to think that this was yet-another door stop book about textile design through the ages. Luckily, I happened to encounter the book elsewhere and flipped through. Key word: "flipped"! I knew this was something that would be amazingly inspiring, for years to come. So, I am very happy with my Amazon purchase of this book. It is lavish, surprising, informative, motivational, distinctive, and beautifully presented. I think the preponderance of ethnic textiles, plus vital contemporary examples is SO at odds with the cover....Well, a small quibble. A beautiful, inspiring book. Try it!