Diss.--Philosophisch-historische Fakultät--Universität Heidelberg, 2001. / Bibliogr. p. 223-242.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Anthropology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 369-389). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ42782.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Basel, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-313).

Pre-Hispanic geometric art forms In Peru and the Andean Area are taken to be an outgrowth of textile techniques. Textiles and fibre arts predate ceramics by several millennia In the Central Andean Area. The artist who created these textiles developed an art style which was to go largely unaltered until the arrival of the Spaniards. The foundations of the Andean art form date to the Pre-ceramic. The restrictive, rather Inflexible nature of the warp and the weft of the cloth (the geometric grid) was to influence the methods of represention that were to follow. Geometric designs were well suited to fit Into the rigid framework. A series of conventions were developed for the representation of symbols. With the development of ceramics, there was leeway for a new style to come Into being. However, this was not to be the case. The potter borrowed extensively from the weaving tradition and Its associated styles (only in Moche times did the potter make a break the highly geometric style developed centuries before, and even then this break with tradition was a short lived one). The pre-Columbian artist often portrayed birds, cats, fish and reptiles. Many of these designs were used frequently and repeatedly throughout the centuries, but none, I would maintain. was represented as frequently as the double-headed serpent, and with so few variants. Andean art Is a truly distinctive art form; very different from European art, and through Its geometricity It conveyed and still conveys a totally different approach to nature and the world surrounding Andean man.

Using the central romance narrative object in the Breton Lay Emaré, the anonymous poet creates a conversation highlighting the importance of class structure, religious difference, chivalric duty, the generic traditions of romance, imperial wealth, desire, and power within the narrative. The protagonist, Emaré, serves as the focus for a version of the traditional calumniated wife narrative, with few distinctions, the most intriguing of which is the focus on the particular textile that identifies her. This paper investigates how the textile and Emaré herself demonstrate the importance of production and reproduction—the fruits of both kinds of labor enabling her son to inherit two empires and their associated capitalist wealth, a social value that the likely middle class audience would have admired. This combined both the traditional dynastic focus of romance narratives with a capitalist, mercantile one, suggesting a move away from a chivalric, martial culture to one based around economic production. / text

M. Tech. Textile Design and Technology / Scientific research shows that the earth's natural resources are being depleted too fast for it to sustain a healthy balance, while global warming and pollution prove to be increasing problems for the environment. By re-using and recycling waste, natural resources are conserved while waste is prevented or delayed from being dumped or incinerated. Globally textile waste could be viewed as an untapped source. In some developed countries, up to ninety five percent of textiles that are land-filled, have the potential to be recycled. The process of textile recycling has the potential to reduce textile waste through creating marketable products from recycled waste. The aim of this research is to create better understanding regarding the reusable potential of textile waste by developing marketable strategies that can be implemented with regard to textile waste.

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