HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILES

Paper Code: 
HCT 122
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To study the textiles traditions of world
  2. To study the important textiles arts in their historical perspective.
  3. To create awareness and foster appreciation of textile masterpieces of the world.

 

10.00
Unit I: 
Study of master pieces of world textiles

(With respect to history, construction techniques, styles, colors, motifs and centers of production)

  • Brocades (China, India, Persia, Byzantium, Spain, Italy and France)
  • Shawls (India, England and France)

 

6.00
Unit II: 
Study of master pieces of world textiles

(With respect to history, construction techniques, styles, colors, motifs and centers of production)

                                   

  • Resist dyed fabrics (India, Indonesia and Japan
  • Printed textiles (India, France and England

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Study of master pieces of world textiles

(With respect to history, construction techniques, styles, colors, motifs and centers of  production)

  • Tapestries (Greece, Coptic, Europe and Peru )
  • Carpets and floor coverings (Middle and Far East)

 

11.00
Unit IV: 
Study of master pieces of world textiles

(With respect to history, construction techniques, styles, colors, motifs and centers of production)

  • Laces (Europe)
  • Linen damasks (Ireland and Belgium)
  • Embroideries (China, Persia, England)

 

8.00
Unit V: 
Textiles of:
  • Pre-Hispanic, Latin and South America
  • Colonial North America

 

Essential Readings: 
  • The Last Two Million Years, London, Edited and Published – The Readers Digest Association Inc.(1973) 
  • Annemarie Seiler Baldinger (1979) Classification of Textile Techniques Ahmedabad, India , Calico Museum of India.
  • (1980) Encyclopedia of Textiles, Edition of American Fabrics Magazine, New Jersey, Prentice Hall.
  • Gillow John and Sentence Bryan (1999) World Textiles London, Thames and Hudson.
  • Ginsburg. Madeleine (Ed.) (1993), Illustrated History of Textiles,  London, Studio Edition.
  • Harris, Jennifer(Ed.), (1993) Textiles-5000 years, London, British Museum Press.
  • Hecht, A. (1989), Art of the Loom, London, British Museum Publications.
  • Lewis. E. (1953) Romance of Textiles, New York, The McMillan Company.
  • Owen Jones (1986) Grammer of Ornament, London, Omega Books.
  • Wilson Eva (2001) 8000 Years of Ornament, London, The British Museum Press.

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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