Le antiche chiavi - Tecnica, arte, simbologia

Kurt Zipper, Claudia Fritzsche, Uwe Jourdan
Sonzogno Editore

Giancarlo Ferraris
Umberto Allemandi

Victor Beyer, Christiane Wild-Block, Fridtjof Zschokke
Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Walter B. Denny, Daniel Walker
The Markarian Foundation

Costantino G. Bulgari
Lorenzo del Turco

Costantino G.Bulgari
Lorenzo del Turco

AA.VV.
Electa

Taher Sabahi
Istituto Geografico De Agostini

Valentino Brosio
Gorlich editore

Giuliana Ericani, Paola Frattaroli
Banca Popolare di Verona

Dario Valcarenghi
Electa

I tappeti kilim sono l'espressione di una tradizione nata tra le donne dell'Anatolia circa novemila anni fa e trasmessa di madre in figlia per centinaia di generazioni. Al di là dell'aspetto tecnico, questi preziosi manufatti rappresentano una testimonianza culturale ricca di fascino e di mistero: il significato delle complesse simbologie racchiuse nei disegni dell'intreccio è ancora in buona parte da decifrare, e implica una lunga ricerca delle loro radici filosofiche, religiose, persino alchemiche. Questo volume presenta 160 preziosissimi esemplari di kilim.

Volkmar Gantzhorn
Taschen

In this volume, two and a half thousand years are presented and analysed, The author's research has resulted in completely new insights and relationships -- a revision of the history of the oriental carpet. He has been able to trace the pattern back to Phrygian and other traditions, which were carried on by the Armenians up to the beginning of our own century: carpets as symbols of power, as deeply religious abstract textile icons. The oriental carpet is neither of nomadic origin, nor does its origin lie in central Asia; it is a product of ancient oriental civilisations in the Armenian uplands at the crossroads of the oldest trade routes between west, north and south. The author's assertion is supported by the visual material he presents. For the first time coloured illustrations of the most important and most splendid examples of every type of carpet have been included. The illustrations include book illumination, paintings, arts and crafts and details of architecture and clarify developments hitherto unrecognised. This work documents what is probably Armenia's main contribution to world history. It is a must for any connoisseur of carpets and for anyone who does not wish merely to dream of the Orient. Volkmar Gantzhorn has specialised in Christian and Islamic art in recent years. His continuing research is concerned with surface ornamentation in book illumination, architecture, ceramics and arts and crafts in general. --jacket.