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...
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...
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...
Williams College. Graduate Program in the History of Art -- Newsletters; Williams College. Graduate Program in the History of Art -- Periodicals; Art -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Williamstown -- Periodicals;...
Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, Offered in Collaboration with the Clark, Academic Years 2007-8, 2008-9, Newsletter contains Marc Gotlieb: A letter from the Director; essay entitled Marc Haxthausen: 2009 CAA Distinguished Teaching...
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....
Williams College. Graduate Program in the History of Art -- Newsletters; Williams College. Graduate Program in the History of Art -- Periodicals; Art -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Williamstown -- Periodicals;...
Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, Offered in Collaboration with the Clark, Newsletter, Academic Year 2010-2011 includes Marc Gotlieb: A Letter from the Director; Faculty and Staff News; the Graduate Program and the Clark, WCMA, MASS...
Decoration and ornament -- Japan; Stencil work -- Japan
English, German and French, each part having special title page and separate paging; On inserted slip: The issue of this (the first) edition, containing a real Japanese stencil-plate as frontispiece, is limited in number
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.
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...
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...
Williams College. Graduate Program in the History of Art -- Newsletters; Williams College. Graduate Program in the History of Art -- Periodicals; Art -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Williamstown -- Periodicals;...
Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, Offered in Collaboration with the Clark, Newsletter, Academic Year 2011-2012 includes Marc Gotlieb: A Letter from the Director; Faculty and Staff News; the Graduate Program and the Clark, WCMA, MASS...
Rest of title page: "...by Ellen P. Claydon, Head Mistress of Chuckery Council School, Walsall, Author of "Handiwork and Needlework" and joint author of "Knitting without specimens" and C.A. Claydon, Sewing Mistress, Tantarra Street Mixed School,...
Volume 1 in box, n.d. (18--?); Volume 2 bound title on spine: Japanese design. Attributed to Kikuo Tanaka, 1881; Volume 3 attributed to Kiyoshi Takazieva, 1884;Exhibited: Summer Kimono, The Color of Blue Sky...Morning Pilgrimage, organized by the...
Volume 1 in box, n.d. (18--?);Volume 2 bound title on spine: Japanese design. Attributed to Kikuo Tanaka, 1881; Volume 3 attributed to Kiyoshi Takazieva, 1884; Exhibited: Summer Kimono, The Color of Blue Sky...Morning Pilgrimage, organized by the...
