Sketches from the Steppes of Central Asia Tapa dura - 2013

Rautenstengel Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-3-9802596-1-3, 2013. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, New book. Portfolio with 7 folders, 109 p., 22 pl., map, 46 x 32 cm. This comes from and is an expansion of the Turkmen exhibition at the Stockholm ICOC. It consists of 7 folders with a variety of articles on Turkmen topics and 13 lar ge foldouts of tent-bands in full size (the entire length is 13 meters long). Articles are a preface by the Rautenstengels, The Golken; an historical synopsis by Andrews; A visit to the Goklan by Andrews; Golkan Turkmen, Notes of the history of the Goklan tribe by Azadi; Early European geographical cartography from sketches collected by Anthony Jenkinson (1525 - 1611) in the steppes of Central Asia by the Rautenstengels; An introduction to the variety of Turkmen weaving by Isaacson; Two 19th century sketches from the steppes of Central Asia, by Isaacson; Groups of "Eagles" that have not flown away - A comparison of structure and ornament in the weavings of different Turkmen… Leer más