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Measuring Product Semantics With A Computer, Del Coates
Measuring Product Semantics With A Computer, Del Coates
Faculty Publications
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Interview With Randall Grider And Ginnie Mae Grider About The Float Building Tradition In Tompkinsville, Kentucky (Fa 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Randall Grider And Ginnie Mae Grider About The Float Building Tradition In Tompkinsville, Kentucky (Fa 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcript of an interview of Randall and Ginnie Mae Grider conducted by Nancy Clay Hundley about the float building tradition at Tompkinsville High School in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. The Griders describe the whole float making process and the activities created through the building of a float. The emotions of the people involved in the process were also discussed. This project was completed as part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
"Sacred" And "Secular" In Australian Rock Art, Paul Faulstich
"Sacred" And "Secular" In Australian Rock Art, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Recently I have been questioned by several scholars about the terms "sacred" and "secular" in my research on Aboriginal rock art in Australia. It seems clear that many people are uncomfortable with distinguishing between sacred and secular within a tribal context. I would like to express my viewpoint briefly, and hopefully to clear up some of the misconceptions that are held about Aboriginal concepts of spirituality.
Contents- Textiles As Primary Sources- 1988, John E. Vollmer
Contents- Textiles As Primary Sources- 1988, John E. Vollmer
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
Note: This quick copy published volume includes talks prepared by panelists and speakers for the first symposium of the Textile Society of America held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art held September 16-18, 1988. The papers are unedited and have been reproduced as submitted by each author. The speakers were vetted by the 1988 program chair for the Textile Society of America; but the Society takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the submissions printed here.
Copyright remains with each author. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or …
Orientation And Symmetry: The Structuring Of Pattern Repeats In The Paracas Necropolis Embroideries, Mary Frame
Orientation And Symmetry: The Structuring Of Pattern Repeats In The Paracas Necropolis Embroideries, Mary Frame
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
The most extensive Peruvian fabric remains come from the archeological site of Paracas Necropolis on the South Coast of Peru. Preserved by the dry desert conditions, this cache of 429 mummy bundles, excavated in 1926-27, provides an unparalleled opportunity for comparing the range and nature of variations in similar fabrics which are securely related in time and space. The bundles are thought to span the time period from 500-200 B.C.
The most numerous and notable fabrics are embroideries: garments that have been classified as mantles, tunics, wraparound skirts, loincloths, turbans and ponchos. In general, a single figure is repeated in …
Transmutations Of The Tartan: Attributed Meanings To Tartan Design, Richard Martin
Transmutations Of The Tartan: Attributed Meanings To Tartan Design, Richard Martin
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
We all associate meaning with textile designs. If we can see the principles of Revolutionary zeal and the sanction of family life and work in one textile design, we can perceive the explicit Modernism of another and realize that in the complex decisions that comprise the creation of a textile, we have fashioned our world and its values. Perhaps the textile is small, but its condensed values and meaning may be a more clarified perception about the world than most others. For many, such as Roland Barthes, textiles and clothing can thereby be described as a sign system offering a …
Cognitive Textiles Cloths: The Indigenous Classification Of Batak, Sandra A. Niessen
Cognitive Textiles Cloths: The Indigenous Classification Of Batak, Sandra A. Niessen
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
INTRODUCTION
Since completing a doctorate in anthropology on textiles produced by the Batak of North Sumatra (Niessen 1985), I have been supported by various post-doctoral scholarships (1) to produce an inventory of these same textiles. I am pleased to have this rare opportunity to tell you, a learned society of textile scholars, how I have gone about this task, my motives, goals, and methodology. I particularly would welcome feedback from you on what I see to be the theoretical underpinnings and implications of the project.
The inception of this project dates from a day in 1980 when I visited one …
Master Of Fine Arts 1988 Exhibitions, Thomas J. Riesing
Master Of Fine Arts 1988 Exhibitions, Thomas J. Riesing
Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture
MFA class of 1988: Calvin R. Custen, Barry Fleming, Mary Jo Gigax, and Robert Gibson.
Department Of Art Department History, Sandra Walker
Department Of Art Department History, Sandra Walker
Historical Material
A history of the University of Tennessee's Department of Art from 1947 - 1988, compiled by Department Historian and Slide Librarian, Sandra Walker.
1988 Art News, Department Of Art
1988 Art News, Department Of Art
Historical Material
1988 Department of Art newsletter that profiles Art History Professor, Dale Cleaver upon his retirement with appreciative memories written by Department of Art Faculty members, Don Kurka and Fred Martinson.
Other newsletter highlights include: the 1988-89 Sculpture Tour, Visiting Artist Chen Bo-jin, the Annual SECAC conference, and the appointment of new faculty members, Pam Longobardi and Karen A. Bearor.
Sculpture Tour 87 88 (Exhibition Catalogue), Jack E. Reese, Dennis Peacock
Sculpture Tour 87 88 (Exhibition Catalogue), Jack E. Reese, Dennis Peacock
Sculpture Tour
Curated by UT Department of Art sculpture professor, Dennis Peacock, the 87/88 Sculpture Tour features the work of twenty-six artists.
Participating artists were: Joseph Falsetti, Patrick Thibert, Joe Mooney, John W. Parker, Jack Kennedth Maxwell, Williard C. Carl, Rod Strickland, Martin Emanuel, Peter MacElwain, W. Glenn Phifer, Dann Nardi, Dennis Whitcopf, Lin S. Walker, Michael F. Daugherty, Bob Fetty, Norman J. Taylor, Al Keim, Sherry Ann Edwards, Walter C. Jackson, Harold D. Van Houten, Jack Gron, David Wilson, James S. Gibson, Be Gardiner, Philip NIchols, and Jim Buonaccorsi.
1988-1989 Course Catalog (Graduate), Columbia College Chicago
1988-1989 Course Catalog (Graduate), Columbia College Chicago
Course Catalogs
1988-1989 graduate course catalog.
Miniature Masterworks, Daphne A. Deeds
Miniature Masterworks, Daphne A. Deeds
Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications
Miniature does not merely mean small. When applied to painting, the term "miniature" conveys art historical and psychological meanings of greater import than simple dimensions may indicate. "Miniature Masterworks" offers a diverse group of undersized paintings which are related by virtue of their size, but which reveal larger issues pertinent to the history of twentieth century art.
While artists have used the miniature format throughout the history of art, the tradition of small scale paintings was rather recently reestablished in America, via the French. In part as a reaction to large, Neoclassical paintings commissioned by grand patrons, and depicting ideal …
Textiles As Primary Sources In The Study Of "Boundary Art:" Hispanic Textiles Of Northern New Mexico, Suzanne Baizerman
Textiles As Primary Sources In The Study Of "Boundary Art:" Hispanic Textiles Of Northern New Mexico, Suzanne Baizerman
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
INTRODUCTION
Wool, weft-faced textiles from the looms of Northern New Mexican Hispanic weavers (Figs. 1 through 7) are widely represented in museum collections and historical societies. Often, they are confused with Navajo and Mexican blankets and rugs although Hispanic weavings are the products of a unique weaving tradition and are produced within a distinctive cultural context. I view the history of Hispanic weaving in northern New Mexico as an example of "boundary art," that art which is produced by one cultural group for purchase by another. This transaction often requires the services of an intermediary and takes place within a …
Wringing It Dry: The Challenge Of Prehistoric Textiles, Elizabeth Barber
Wringing It Dry: The Challenge Of Prehistoric Textiles, Elizabeth Barber
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
Some time ago I embarked on a "short little project" to find out what I could about Bronze Age Aegean textiles, which I had come to suspect were more elaborate and more important than anyone was giving them credit for. I knew the project could not take very long, and would not take more than maybe ten pages to write up, because virtually nothing in the way of textiles has survived from Greece—even in the Classical period, let alone the prehistoric era. But my father, who was a physicist, had instilled into me a question that changed everything: namely, "(If …
The Mexican Jaspe (Ikat) Rebozo: Comments On Its History, Significance And Prevalence, Virginia Davis
The Mexican Jaspe (Ikat) Rebozo: Comments On Its History, Significance And Prevalence, Virginia Davis
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
The rebozo is a multi-function shawl worn by women in Mexico, 6 to 12 feet long and 24 to 34 inches wide. Approximately three-quarters of the length is woven; the remainder is fringe, most often elaborately worked: usually by half hitch or overhand knotting or by finger weaving. Place and identity are communicated by the yam, the color and design of the weaving, the style and technique of fringe finishing, and by the manner in which the rebozo is worn. My particular interest is the ikat rebozo. The Spanish for ikat is jaspe. Jaspe,(ikat), a system of resist dyeing a …
Dedication- 1988, Milton Sonday
Dedication- 1988, Milton Sonday
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
This published proceeding is a milestone in the development of the Textile Society of America, a professional organization for people involved with the study and care of textiles. Without the strong and consistent guiding hand of its founding president, Peggy Gilfoy, the first steps of this fledgling organization would have been so painless, nor its accomplishments so impressive.
Peg's untimely death in November, 1988, has come as a shock to us all. For the Textile Society of America there can be no more fitting memorial to this generous colleague and scholar than the dedication of this volume to Peggy Stolz …
Creating A Protocol For Reconstructing Weaving Technologies: Early Compound Non-Silk Fabrics Found In Egypt, M. M. El-Homossani
Creating A Protocol For Reconstructing Weaving Technologies: Early Compound Non-Silk Fabrics Found In Egypt, M. M. El-Homossani
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
Introduction
The examination of weft-faced compound non-silk fabrics found in Egypt (ca. 3rd - 7th century A.D.), in the Royal Ontario Museum collections, revealed many structural differences and similarities. Single, double and ply yarns with apparent variation in size and set density were observed. Some have their twist in "S" direction, others in "Z" direction, with diverse amount of twist. Wool yarns make up the majority of the constructions, but in many cases wool yarns alternate with cotton and sometimes linen yarns. Tabby and 1/2 twill weaves are employed as binding weaves, while the compound weave structures comprise 1:1 and …
Crepe, Lillian Elliott
Crepe, Lillian Elliott
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
This report is on Crepe, which I have been weaving for eighteen years. I've chosen to achieve crepe effects not by weave structure or finishing techniques, but by the amount, direction, and combination of spin in the yarn. In my work I have used available commercial yarns almost exclusively, although I am interested in handspun yarn effects as well. I've chosen to use plain weave or tabby, so as to eliminate other elements, and focus on the effects of the spin of the yarn.
The area on which I concentrated was intentionally limited; using plain wave I first combined different …
Manila Galleon Trade Textiles: Cross-Cultural Influences On New World Dress, Abby Sue Fisher
Manila Galleon Trade Textiles: Cross-Cultural Influences On New World Dress, Abby Sue Fisher
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
Spanning a 250 year period from 1565-1815, the Manila Galleon Trade is a fascinating period in history which is addressed far too infrequently by textile scholars. The cross-cultural contact resulting from the Spanish conquest of America expanded to include Asia with the start of the trans-Pacific trade in 1565. Spanish trade ships sailed between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in New Spain, becoming the most enduring trade route in history. Three continents were involved: Asia, the Americas, and Europe, and consequently three entirely different cultures with their corresponding customs, belief systems and art styles. The steady contact between these …
Theme And Variations: Creative Improvisation In African Textiles, Peggy S. Gilfoy
Theme And Variations: Creative Improvisation In African Textiles, Peggy S. Gilfoy
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
The Euro-American textile patterning vocabulary focusses on compartmentalization and symmetry. We describe textile design schemes as "repeats;" and as with many aspects of our lives, we divide our expressions into neat cubicles. The art historian, Meyer Shapiro, who wrestled with this cultural trait expressed it this way:
"Hardening of the categories causes art disease."
Yet, for many art-producing cultures there is scant division between the working world and the spiritual, the procurement of food and maintenance of order; relating history and group entertainment. Art is life. The function of artistic structure and the tenets of life are often interwoven.
Theme …
"Little Trifles": Understanding Victorian Fancywork, Beverly Gordon
"Little Trifles": Understanding Victorian Fancywork, Beverly Gordon
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
As professionals working in museum and academic settings, many of you have probably found yourselves feeling at times like "poor cousins" -- textiles simply do not garner the same prestige as other types of artifacts and art forms. I now find myself in a situation where I feel like an even poorer cousin: although I am involved with textiles of all kinds, I find myself particularly fascinated or compelled by a type of textile-related artifact that is rarely considered seriously, even by textile historians. I am speaking of fancywork, specifically of small items such as tidies, wallpockets, sewing cases, flowerpot …
Designing Among The Navajo: Ethno Aesthetics In Weaving, Ann Lane Hedlund
Designing Among The Navajo: Ethno Aesthetics In Weaving, Ann Lane Hedlund
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
Navajo weaving from northeastern Arizona and contiguous areas if the American Southwest is widely recognized for colors and patterns that range from subtle shades to dynamic brilliance, from soft stripes to bold geometries to fanciful pictorials. The apparent diversity in this native textile art, developed over the past three centuries, has defied any unified description of The Navajo Style. While Navajo blankets and rugs may be superficially categorized and classified, put into chronological sequences and evolutionary schemes, when the textiles are viewed synoptically, the delineation of Navajo aesthetics remains a formidable task.
The search for a Navajo style and sense …
Index To Authors- 1988
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
INDEX TO AUTHORS
A-Z pp.165-69 (6 pages)
Anderson, Clarita
Baizerman, Suzanne
Barber, Elizabeth
Beardsley, Grace
Cooper, Arlene
Davis, Virginia
El-Homossani, M. M
Elliott, Lillian
Felsher, Lynn
Femenias, Blenda
Fisher, Abby Sue
Frame, Mary
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Washbum, Dorothy K
Westfall, Carol D.
Wilson, Laurel Elizabeth
The Kings As Gods: Textiles In The Thai State, H. Leedom Lefferts Jr,
The Kings As Gods: Textiles In The Thai State, H. Leedom Lefferts Jr,
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
If one observes the principles of Theravada Buddhist art, Thai textiles appear to pose a paradox. On the one hand, Buddhist art is defined as progressing hierarchically from representational to aniconic motifs, replicating movement from worlds of lesser merit to worlds of greater merit. On the other hand, we have the gloriously figurative and expensive garments worn by Thai royalty and adorning gods as depicted in temple murals. How is this seeming discrepancy to be explained?
A recent translation of a section of a larger work by the noted French scholar on Southeast Asia and Buddhism, Paul Mus, titled "The …
The Validity Of Studies Of Pattern And Structure: Case Histories, Milton Sonday
The Validity Of Studies Of Pattern And Structure: Case Histories, Milton Sonday
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
The importance of the analysis of continuous pattern and detailed recordings of the structures of lampas and velvet was driven home to me during my work on the Textile Museum's Safavid project. This resulted in "Pattern and Weaves, Safavid Lampas and Velvet" pp. 57-83 in the catalogue Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart published by The Textile Museum, Bier (1987). Practically anyone with a minimum knowledge of Iranian Safavid art and design of the 16th and 17th centuries can recognize a standard Safavid-style lampas and velvet because of motif. Therefore, why go any farther? Perhaps you don't, but …
Analysis Of Pattern Structure By Geometric Symmetries, Dorothy K. Washburn
Analysis Of Pattern Structure By Geometric Symmetries, Dorothy K. Washburn
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
INTRODUCTION
While a large literature exists on the technologies different peoples use to manufacture woven fabrics (cf. Emery 1966), little attention has been given to developing equally systematic ways to study the patterns produced. This paper outlines one approach to pattern analysis which utilizes mathematical symmetries to describe the way design parts are arranged in a pattern. The advantages of this method are discussed and examples of a number of problems that such an analysis of pattern structure can address are described.
SYMMETRY ANALYSIS:
Symmetry analysis is a mathematically based description of the structure of a pattern. It specifies the …
The Cornett Family Quilts, Laurel Elizabeth Wilson
The Cornett Family Quilts, Laurel Elizabeth Wilson
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
ABSTRACT
The Cornett farm was settled in 1844 when northwestern Missouri was still frontier. The farm, its buildings and contents were donated to the University of Missouri in 1981. The house, built in 1884, contained three generations' of belongings. Among them were 41 quilts made by various members of Cornett family between 1855 and 1940.
This collection gives researchers valuable insights into the way people lived and how resources were utilized. Among the oldest quilts is one made entirely from handwoven homespun which was also home dyed. The fabrics were previously articles of clothing. A transitional quilt utilizes homespun fabrics …
The Valley Series: Recent Paintings By Keith Jacobshagen, Daphne A. Deeds
The Valley Series: Recent Paintings By Keith Jacobshagen, Daphne A. Deeds
Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications
Keith Jacobshagen has been a member of the Art Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1968. During the past ten years, he has established a national. reputation as a painter of the mid-western landscape. His studies of the plains are thoughtful assessments of familiar views. But, while Jacobshagen's paintings document the particular conditions of weather, light, topography, and their effect on the land, they also transcend the specific to function as metaphors for the human condition: a solitary viewer surveying an expanse of farm land; a transitory, cloudy sky meeting the cultivated fields; the sky as mystery touching the …
The University Of Maryland Historic Textile Data Base, Clarita Anderson
The University Of Maryland Historic Textile Data Base, Clarita Anderson
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings
INTRODUCTION
Our charge today is to discuss strategies and methodologies for gathering and extracting data from textiles. My specific task is to discuss the University of Maryland Historic Textile Data Base. This Data Base was officially established in September 1986 with a grant from the College of Human Ecology. Its purpose was to establish a sophisticated data management program on personal computers to handle the massive amounts of data necessary for research in this area. The long range goal of this project is to include all flat textiles. The immediate goal is to establish a data base on coverlets.
Before …