T'ai Smith

Bauhaus Weaving Theory

From Feminine Craft to Mode of Design

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

T’ai Smith is assistant professor in the department of art history, visual art, and theory at the University of British Columbia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 149mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780816687244
• ISBN-10: 0816687242
• Artikelnr.: 40818809

Autorenporträt

T’ai Smith is assistant professor in the department of art history, visual art, and theory at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Textiles, Text, and a Medium-Specific Craft
1. Pictures Made of Wool: Weaving Labor in the Workshop
2. Toward a Modernist Theory of Weaving: The Use of Textiles in
Architectural Space
3. The Haptics of Optics: Weaving and Photography
4. Weaving as Invention: Patenting Theories of Authorship
Conclusion: On Weaving, On Writing
Notes
Index