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With their hands and their eyes. Maya Textiles: Mirrors of a Worldview

Door Mireille Holsbeke e.a.

Categorie	Tapijten & Textiel
Boeknummer	#284436
Titel	With their hands and their eyes. Maya Textiles: Mirrors of a Worldview
Auteur	Holsbeke, Mireille & Julia Montoya (Editors)
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Antwerp, Etnografisch Museum Antwerpen
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	9077069054
ISBN13	9789077069059
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, richly illustrated in colour.
Samenvatting	Centuries ago, the Maya developed a unique and magnificent culture. Their architecture, astronomy, complex writing and calendrical systems and their brilliant art forms still evoke a powerful response in our imaginations today. And yet, in the tenth century, in a way that has not yet been fully explained, the classic Maya civilization came to a sudden end. nnThe Maya themselves did not disappear, however. Despite the catastrophic upheavals of Spanish colonization and other ''foreign'' influences, they still maintain their languages, religious traditions and in particular their traditional woven clothing. Maya textiles speak silently but with expressive power, transmitting layered meanings. Using age-old techniques and the traditional back-strap loom, the Maya woman weaves her personal hi... (Lees verder)story and her perception of what it is to be Maya into her creations. Her clothing is her memory in which she preserves the mythic tales and traditional worldview that have been handed down through the generations. nnThis exhibition presents to the visitor modern Maya textiles and clothing from the end of the nineteenth century to today. At the same time it highlights the continuity between contemporary textiles and the art and culture of the ancient Maya.
Pagina's	176
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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