Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads: Journeys between East and West, Past and Present

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Sarah E. Braddock Clarke (Falmouth University, UK) Ryoko Yamanaka Kondo (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Japan)

Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads

Journeys between East and West, Past and Present

Sarah E. Braddock Clarke (Falmouth University, UK), Ryoko Yamanaka Kondo (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Japan)

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
03 November 2022

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Textile design & theory

With over 200 color illustrations, Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads examines in detail the eclectic iconography of the Byzantine period and its impact on design and creativity today. Through an examination of the extraordinary variety of designs in these captivating silks, an international team of experts reveal that Byzantine culture was ever-moving and open to diverse influences across the length of the Silk Road. Commentaries from curators at key collections – including the Museum of Arts, Boston, the Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt), the V&A and the Vatican – reveal the spread of silk embroidery and designs from East to West, and from West to East, from China to Rome, and from Constantinople to Korea. Drawing on exclusive imagery from worldwide collections within museums, churches and archives as case studies, their analysis of these unique woven silks explores the relationship between color and power, material culture and status, and offers broader insight into Byzantine culture, trade, society and ceremony.

Byzantine Silk … takes us on a journey from the past to the present, too, where Byzantine story-telling and image-making is revisited, through color, imagery and pattern, in contemporary fashion collections. Exploring Byzantine culture through a contemporary filter, the book shows how the Byzantine era still influences textile and fashion designers today in their choices of materials and colors, and their utilization of images and patterns, acting as a unique source of inspiration to designers and creators in the 21st century.

Edited by: Sarah E. Braddock Clarke (Falmouth University UK), Ryoko Yamanaka Kondo (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Japan)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 219mm,
ISBN: 9781350103740
ISBN 10: 1350103748
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 03 November 2022
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ryoko Yamanaka Kondo is Emeritus Professor, Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata, Japan and researcher at the Institute for European, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Sarah E. Braddock Clarke is Senior Lecturer and researcher, Falmouth University, UK and co-author of Digital Visions for Fashion + Textiles (2012), Techno Textiles 2 (2005), SportsTech (2002), and Techno Textiles (1998).

Reviews for Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads: Journeys between East and West, Past and Present

A wide-ranging exploration of the borderless terrains traversed by the alluring patterns and complex looms that created the most treasured cloths in the Medieval period and continue to inspire today. * Mary Schoeser, V&A, The Textile Society and the School of Textiles, UK * A must-read for scholars and students of textile design ... Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated. * Steeve Buckridge, Grand Valley State University, USA * A detailed, comprehensive and lavishly illustrated study of Byzantine Silk, offering a genuinely transcultural perspective on the manufacture and dissemination of these key textiles. * Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University, USA * Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads is as interesting to read as it is to look at. * Newtown Review of Books *