TURKISH TRADITIONAL ART TODAY
Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Henry Glassie to Pratapaditya Pal, the Indian scholar of Southeast Asian and Himalayan art and culture, on the title page. Presenting the living arts and artists of Turkey, this work 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 available of the current practice of the great arts of the Middle East, such as the weaving of carpets and shaping of stately ceramics. Glassie ranges widely across media, but concentrates on calligraphy, woodworking, pottery, and carpet weaving. Small, thick quarto: xi, [1], 947, [1] pp. with photographs, drawings, and designs by the author. Original red cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling and decoration. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Near fine / Near fine. Item #79096
ISBN: 0253325552
Price: $75.00