Anni Albers

On Weaving

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Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand. With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed emb… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Weber, Nicholas Fox (Nachw.) / Cirauqui, Manuel (Beitr.) / Smith, T`ai (Beitr.)

ISBN: 978-0-691-17785-4
EAN: 9780691177854
Produktnummer: 22491587
Verlag: University Presses
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H28.7 cm x B22.4 cm x D3.5 cm 1'510 g
Abbildungen: 105 color + 28 b/w illus.
Gewicht: 1510

Über den Autor

Anni Albers (1899-1994) was one of the foremost textile artists of the twentieth century; her works are in major museum collections around the world. Nicholas Fox Weber is executive director of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and the author of The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism. Manuel Cirauqui is curator at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain. T'ai Smith is associate professor of art history at the University of British Columbia and the author of Bauhaus Weaving Theory.