Seta e la sua via

Author

Lucidi, Maria Teresa (Editor); Mortari Vergara Caffarelli, Paola; Del Francia, Loretta; De' Maffei, Fernanda; Fauro, Guido; Mihályi, Melinda; Bussagli, Marco; Tanaka, Hidemichi

Document type

Catalogue d'exposition

Language

Italian

Source

Seta e la sua via. 1994, 322 p., ill. (some col.); bibliogr.

ISBN

88-8016-0265

Publisher

De Luca, Roma (ita)

Publication country

Italy

Abstract (en)

Catalogue entries for 198 silk textiles from Asia, the Middle East, and Italy, and other objects. Includes examples of Western religious and cermonial garb, Early Middle Ages-Renaissance, manufactured in the East, or made in the West from Eastern silk. Authors include Paola Mortari Vergara Caffarelli on the transmission of several Western decorative motifs to the Far East, 6th-14th cs.; Loretta del Francia on human iconography in Coptic silk designs, 6th-8th cs.; Marco Bussagli on the iconography of angels on medieval textiles, 5th-14th cs.; Fernanda de' Maffei and Guido Fauro on court costume in the Byzantine world, 6th-11th cs.; Melinda Mihályi on silk in the Middle Ages, 10th-14th cs.; and Hidemichi Tanaka on the evidence in Italian Trecento painting of knowledge of Far Eastern textiles. Other contributions refer to specific motifs on silk and art from Italy and the East.

Exhibition

• 23 Jan-10 Apr 1994 ; Palazzo delle esposizioni ; Roma (ITA) ; Italy

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- Textiles and costume
• China
• Silk
• Italy
• Commerce
• Textiles
• Iconography
• Costume
• Importation
• Byzantine
• Painting
• Representation
• 300-1500
• Coptic
• Exhibitions
• Turkey
• Medieval
• Angels
• Silk Road

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Textiles et costume
• Chine
• Soie
• Italie
• Commerce
• Textiles
• Iconographie
• Costume
• Importation
• Byzantin (art)
• Peinture
• Représentation
• 300-1500
• Copte (art)
• Exposition
• Turquie
• Moyen Age
• Ange
• Route de la soie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00349522

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