Weavings from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Egypt - The Rich Life and the Dance (Paperback)

An ancient time brought to life by textiles
 
While the monumental sculptures of ancient Egypt are more widely known, the simple pleasures of life as it was lived are better portrayed in textiles, which carried designs commemorating the joys of festivals, food, and dancing.  Weavings from  Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Egypt  presents 103 full-color images of the astonishing textile collection of Rose Choron, featuring rare examples from Egypt’ s Coptic Christians as well as the Islamic period.
 
Dating primarily from the third to seventh centuries, these hand-woven fabrics showcase colorful images of dancers, haloed saints with hands raised in prayer, and a plethora of flowers and animals evoking the bountiful ecology of the Nile Delta. Some display Arabic inscriptions celebrating divine power, and all offer insights into a lost world: people’ s dress, their interior decoration, and their view of their relationship with the natural and supernatural worlds.
 
Eunice Dauterman Maguire explains the work by providing a rich historical and mythic context, as well as detailed technical explanations. This volume also features a preface by Rose Choron herself, explaining the origins of the collection and the source of her fascination with the textiles.

General

Imprint:	Krannert Art Museum,Us
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	August 2005
Authors:	Eunice Dauterman Maguire
Dimensions:	273 x 229 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-883015-31-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	1-883015-31-6
Barcode:	9781883015312

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