WORLD TEXTILES

Paper Code: 
MTX-123
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To study the textile traditions of world
  2. To study the important textiles arts in their historical perspective.
  3. To create awareness and foster appreciation of textile masterpieces of the world.

 

9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Materials in early civilizations                                             

·         Textile fibers-origin, processing and spread

(Linen and other bast fibers, wool and hair fibers, cotton and silk)

·         Dyes and colorants

·         Other materials-skin/hide

  • Metal fibres -Beads, mirrors, shells and coins
10.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Development of tools and techniques of production

  • Spinning
  • Weaving
  • Tapestry and rug weaving
  • Knitting
  • Netting, knotting and crochet
  • Embroidery
  • Dyeing and Printing
9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Study of master pieces of world textiles                                                                         

(With respect to history, construction techniques, styles, colors, motifs and centers of production)

  • Brocades (China, India, Persia, Byzantium, Spain, Italy and France)
  • Tapestries (Greece, Coptic, Europe and Peru )
  • Carpets and floor coverings (Middle and Far East)
  • Shawls (India, England and France)

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Study of master pieces of world textiles                                                                        

(With respect to history, construction techniques, styles, colors, motifs and centers of production)

  • Laces (Europe)
  • Linen damasks (Ireland and Belgium)
  • Resist dyed fabrics (India, Indonesia and Japan)
  • Printed textiles (India, France and England)

Embroideries (China, Persia, England)

7.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Textiles of                                                                              

  • Pre-Hispanic, Latin and South America
  • Colonial North America
Essential Readings: 
  1. The Last Two Million Years, London, Edited and Published – The Readers Digest Association Inc, 1973.
  2. Annemarie Seiler Baldinger, Classification of Textile Techniques Ahmedabad, India , Calico Museum of India, 1979.
  3.  Encyclopedia of Textiles, Edition of American Fabrics Magazine, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1980.
  4. Thames and Hudson ,Gillow John and Sentence Bryan) World Textiles London, 1999.
  5. Ginsburg. Madeleine (Ed.), Illustrated History of Textiles,  London, Studio Edition, 1993.
  6. Harris, Jennifer(Ed.), Textiles-5000 years, London, British Museum Press, 1993.
  7. Hecht, A., Art of the Loom, London, British Museum Publications, 1989.
  8. Lewis. E. ,Romance of Textiles, New York, The McMillan Company, 1953.
  9. Wilson Eva, 8000 Years of Ornament, London, The British Museum Press, 2001.

 

Academic Year: 
2014-15
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