Cerny, Charlene (Author) and Nora Fisher (Editor). Mud, Mirror and Thread, 1993 | Authored Book | 00802031
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Contents
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Foreword
1. TO Adorn: At One with Life
2. The Implicit and the Manifest in Indian Folk Art and Mythology —Jyotindra Jain
3. Elements of Style: The Artisan Reflected in Embroideries of Western India —Judy Frater
4. Rabari Dress: Adornment that Tells of Tradition —Judy Frater
5. Banjara: Adornment of a People of all India —Nora Fisher
6. Creating Sacred Spaces: Woman’s Wall and Floor Decorations in Indian Homes —Stephen Hyler
7. Hosting the Divine: The Kolam in Tamilnadu —Vijaya Nagarajan
8. Clay, Sacred and Sublime: Terracotta in India —Stephen Hyler
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Bibliography
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About the Publication
This volume celebrates the diversity of the vast subcontinent by examining little known folk traditions of village and nomad peoples. It presents the world of arts in rural India— women’s ritual diagrams created anew each day of r... Read More
About the Author
NORA FISHER has worked with textiles since the early 1960s when she took a weaving apprenticeship in Finland and studied classical Indian sculpture at Columbia University where she received an MA in Art History and Archaeology. Sh... Read More