Folk Costumes Of The World
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 030435029X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Very Helpful with many facts about costumes This book is very helpful for getting basic details of folk and dance costumes from throughout the world. There are colored sketches of most costumes, but a few more would be helpful. They describe many things that are not illustrated, yet sometimes illustrate items for which there are scant descriptions. Unfortunamtely, however, there are no costumes from most of Africa. This is a serious omission for a book claiming to cover world costume.. "Five Stars" according to NJ_shopper. great read! love it!. "Rather folk costumes of Europe than of the world" according to Moema. I'm very interested in folk costumes and found this book informative with beautiful illustrations, BUTit's not, as it claims, a book of folk costumes of the world.Europe (where I live) is shown thoroughly, with examples of costumes even from islands like Sicily, Madeira and Tenerife, while there are not very many costumes from Asia. Africa is represented only by some costumes from North Africa and Ethiopia, Oceania only by Maori costumes. Just four-five of the many gorgeous Amerindian c
“Valuable as a design history and visual reference.”—Theatre Crafts Magazine. “Useful in high school and public libraries.”—RSBALA. Over 200 costumes in color, with descriptions relating each to traditions, music, dance and ritual