Overview
This book presents the living arts and artists of Turkey. It is simultaneously an ethnographic inquiry into the nature of art, an introduction to modern Turkey, and a model study of folk art, combining the current theories of folklore, anthropology, cultural geography, and art history. It is also the most comprehensive analysis yet written of a single artistic tradition and the most complete presentation of the current practice of the great arts of the Middle East, such as the weaving of carpets and the shaping of stately ceramics, available. Glassie ranges widely across media, but concentrates on calligraphy, woodworking, pottery, and carpet weaving. Throughout his focus is on the artists and their theories and practices as well as the art they produce. ""Turkish Traditional Art Today"" contains over 1,000 illustrations - photographs, maps, drawings, and plans - showing the artists of Turkey, their creations, and their place.
Full Product Details
Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 22.20cm
, Height: 6.20cm
, Length: 26.00cm
Weight: 2.885kg
ISBN: 9780253325556
ISBN 10: 0253325552
Pages: 962
Publication Date: 22 December 1993
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
""This vast work, approaching a thousand pages, with a comparable number of illustrations, is astonishingly absorbing and easy to read, a rich source of cognitive and affective understanding of a culture at once so far from ours and so intimately close to it, whose insights and principles apply to many artistic traditions in many lands... It is Mr. Glassie's concern with the artist's view of truth, his complete indifference to the elegant pretension of word and thought that to one extent or another has plagued Western historians of art since Vasari, and above all his deep curiosity and willingness to learn and listen from the past and from the present, from the scholar and from the artist, that constitute the miraculous elements of Turkish Traditional Art Today Walter B. Denny, The New York Times Book Review ""Turkish Traditional Art Today is a proud and triumphant work ... magnificent"" The Turkish Times This beautifully produced work examines the traditional folk arts of Turkey ... comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly written"" Library Journal ""... a work of monumental significance."" Oriental Rug Review
This vast work, approaching a thousand pages, with a comparable number of illustrations, is astonishingly absorbing and easy to read, a rich source of cognitive and affective understanding of a culture at once so far from ours and so intimately close to it, whose insights and principles apply to many artistic traditions in many lands... It is Mr. Glassie's concern with the artist's view of truth, his complete indifference to the elegant pretension of word and thought that to one extent or another has plagued Western historians of art since Vasari, and above all his deep curiosity and willingness to learn and listen from the past and from the present, from the scholar and from the artist, that constitute the miraculous elements of Turkish Traditional Art Today Walter B. Denny, The New York Times Book Review Turkish Traditional Art Today is a proud and triumphant work ... magnificent The Turkish Times This beautifully produced work examines the traditional folk arts of Turkey ... comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly written Library Journal ... a work of monumental significance. Oriental Rug Review
