Folk Costumes Of Europe

The rituals are centuries old and celebrate the seasonal cycle, fertility, life, and death. People literally put themselves into the skin of the "savage," in masquerades that stretch back centuries. By becoming a bear, a goat, a stag, a wild boar, a man of straw, a devil, or a monster with jaws of steel, these people celebrate the cycle of life and seasons. The costumes amaze with their extraordinary diversity and prodigious beauty. Work on this project took leading French photographer Charles F... [Read More]

The luxury French jeweler Chaumet offers an ode to the everlasting bond between a mother and daughter in this spellbinding carousel book.Celebrating the special relationship between a mother and daughter, this playful carousel pop-up presents a captivating modern fable for readers of all ages. This exceptional piece of bookmaking features 6 diaromas depicting a mother-daughter bond that blossoms throughout the cycle of life: birth, childhood, adolescence, love, marriage, and pregnancy. Illustrat... [Read More]

Charming folk costumes from Denmark,Poland, Greece, Romania, and other European countries — plus 2 girl paper dolls that stand up. Delightful introduction to European culture for children. 23 color illustrations on 16 plates.

Ukrainian Folk Costume, the bilingual book which has taken almost five years of preparation and writing, finally has been published. This work will preserve the legacy of folk art's ingenuity-and the folk costume is one of this art's major components. Also, it will help, to a greater extent, in recreating these costumes.The reader will learn that from early on in history, researchers have had a deep interest in Ukrainian folk life, and especially in the folk costume. The glossary of folk terms r... [Read More]

Over 200 costumes in color, with descriptions relating each to traditions, music, dance and ritual. “Valuable as a design history and visual reference.”—Theatre Crafts Magazine. “Useful in high school and public libraries.”—RSBALA

Departing from an ethnographic collection in London, From Storeroom to Stage traces the journey of its artefacts back to the Romanian villages where they were made 70 years ago, and to other places where similar objects are still in use. The book explores the role that material culture plays in the production of value and meaning by examining how folk objects are mobilized in national ideologies, transmissions of personal and family memory, museological discourses, and artistic acts.