Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files

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- Nippon colours : the Japanese art "Kusaki-zome" : dyeing in a hundred colours with juices of plants and grasses. Page no. 23
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- As with other aspects of Japanese aesthetics, the colors traditionally associated with Japanese textiles are those found in nature. The advent of synthetic dyeing agents and the mechanization of textile manufacture that began during the Meiji...
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- Japanese textile designs. Nos. 59-63
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- Less formal kimono were often made from printed textiles. This book of woodcut reproductions served as a catalog of available patterns.
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- Japanese kimono designs. Vol. 1. Page no. [32, 33]
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- Many decisions went into the commissioning of a new kimono. Fabrics and colors had to be chosen, generally based on the season and the age of the wearer. The selection of the overall motif was key to establishing the aesthetic statement the wearer...
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- Japanese kimono designs. Vol. 2. Page no. [22, 23]
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- Many decisions went into the commissioning of a new kimono. Fabrics and colors had to be chosen, generally based on the season and the age of the wearer. The selection of the overall motif was key to establishing the aesthetic statement the wearer...
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- Iroha-biki Moncho [Book of crests and designs]
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- The display on a kimono of the mon or family crest (or house crest in the case of geisha) followed a strict protocol. The most formal robes, both male and female, carried five crests, three across the shoulder area in the back and two in the front....
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- L'histoire du costume féminin mondial de l'an 5318 avant J. C. à nos jours
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- This ambitious work sets to explain the complete history of women's fashion from across the globe. The colorful pochoir illustrations are rendered with the elegant line of the 1920s while maintaining a stylistic echo of the culture represented, as...
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- Japan, the Place and the People
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- This is one of many amply illustrated books designed to introduce Japanese culture to the West. The use of color reproductions heightens the impact of the exotic and evocative images.
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files
- Sample book of Japanese decorated silk. Plate nos. [6-11]
- Summer kimono / the color of blue sky... / morning pilgrimage (Exhibition : 2008)
- Workshops of kimono artists used albums such as this exquisite sample book to demonstrate to potential patrons their skills in silk decorating motifs and techniques. Many of the intricately crafted images treat natural objects, a common aesthetic...
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Exhibition Files