Broschiertes Buch

Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth

Beschreibung

The first comprehensive study of Polynesian barkcloth.

Autor

Frances Lennard is Professor of Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow and was director of the Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History until 2020. Her research interests focus on conservation approaches and methodologies and she is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research. She is the co-editor of Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice, with Maria Hayward and Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice, with Patricia Ewer. She was Principal Investigator of the research project, Situating Pacific Barkcloth in Time and Place.

Andy Mills is curator for Archaeology and World Cultures at The Hunterian. He is a world art historian, ethnohistorian and anthropologist, with specialist interests in Oceanic art, collections provenance, missionary collecting, textiles, and arms and armour, among other things; he is the co-editor, with Tom Crowley, of Weapons, Culture and the Anthropology Museum. During the project Situating Pacific Barkcloth in Time and Place, Andy's research focused on historical change in the arts of Polynesian barkcloth, analysing the materials and processes of tapa-making, and exploring the histories of barkcloth in the world's museums.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sidestone Press / Sidestone Press Academics
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 182mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 993g
• ISBN-13: 9789088909719
• ISBN-10: 9088909717
• Artikelnr.: 60201209