Undiscovered minimalism : gelims from Northern Iran /
"Over the course of the past two decades a previously unrecognized genre of startlingly modern looking large flatwoven hangings and covers (gelims) has emerged from an isolated highland region in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. No one had imagined that hidden in the forests south of the C...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zurich :
Werner Weber,
[2011]
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| Summary: | "Over the course of the past two decades a previously unrecognized genre of startlingly modern looking large flatwoven hangings and covers (gelims) has emerged from an isolated highland region in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. No one had imagined that hidden in the forests south of the Caspian Sea there could have existed such sophisticated treasures, which in their deceptive simplicity of abstract patterning and subtle coloring are much in accord with the aesthetic canons of contemporary minimalist art. this book examines examples of folk art within the discourse of minimalism." |
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| Physical Description: | 256 pages : color illustrations ; 37 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 253). |
| ISBN: | 9781898113768 1898113769 |