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The arts and crafts of Syria : collection Antoine Touma and Linden-Museum Stuttgart

Title: The arts and crafts of Syria : collection Antoine Touma and Linden-Museum Stuttgart / Johannes Kalter, Margareta Pavaloi, Maria Zerrnickel ; with contributions by P. Behnstedt ... [and others ; translation, Sebastian Wormell].
Author: Kalter, Johannes.
Publication: London ; New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1992.

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240 pages : illustrations (some color); 34 cm

Summary

City dwellers, farmers and nomads, Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Turks, Muslims, Christians and Jews - all have made their contributions to the colorful mosaic of Syria's craft traditions. Textiles and silver jewelry produced in the towns are complemented by peasant handicrafts: bold ceramics and mats woven from white straw with spirited designs. Dresses with profuse embroidery or geometric patterns display the origins of the women who wear them.
Syrian nomads make brilliant carpets with which to decorate their tents and their camels.
At the time of the Crusades, Damascene cloth and metalwork, and glassware from Aleppo, were much sought after in the courts of Christian princes. Even at the end of the nineteenth century, Syrian handicrafts were still regarded as luxury items in Europe. Now the whole span of this enduring culture is comprehensively treated, with explanatory text and over 600 illustrations, in a fascinating overview of Syria's material legacy.

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Syrien, Mosaik eines Kulturraumes. English

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Contents

The Long Way to Self Identification / Antoine Touma -- Landscapes and People - Landscapes and Ways of Life / Johannes Kalter and Margareta Pavaloi -- Syria on the Eve of the Modern Age / Heinz Gaube -- World Market and State in the Near East. The Political Economy of Syria / Peter Pawelka -- The Town / Heinz Gaube -- Urban Life. Building and Dwelling: The Example of Aleppo / Anette Gangler -- Urban Material Culture / Johannes Kalter -- Urban Handicrafts / Johannes Kalter -- Syrian Folk Jewellery / Johannes Kalter -- Rural Life and Peasant Culture / Johannes Kalter -- Wedding in the Oasis of es-Suchne / Peter Behnstedt -- The Culture of the Nomads / Johannes Kalter -- Life in the Desert / Margareta Pavaloi -- The Costume of the Nomads / Maria Zerrnickel -- Wearing Clothes / Margareta Pavaloi -- Textile Techniques / Maria Zerrnickel -- Making Arabs Clothes / Maria Zerrnickel -- Obtaining and Processing the Raw Materials / Maria Zerrnickel -- Textile Stories / Margareta Pavaloi.
A Mosaic of Syrian Ornament / Johannes Kalter and Antoine Touma.

ISBN

0500974012

LCCN

92007835

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