Matisse, his art and his textiles
Subtitle: the fabric of dreams.
Contributors: Spurling, Hilary.; Dumas, Ann.
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Matisse, Henri, -- 1869-1954 -- Exhibitions.; Matisse, Henri, -- 1869-1954 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Matisse, Henri, -- 1869-1954 -- Themes, motives.; Textile fabrics in art.; Textile fabrics -- Private collections -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Henri Matisse's collection of fabrics and costumes. Examines the ways Matisse used what he called his "working library" of textiles to furnish, order, and compose some of the twentieth century's most pioneering works of art.
Notes: Originally published on the occasion of the exhibition: Matisse, his art and his textiles : the fabric of dreams, at the Royal Academy of Arts, 5 March-30 May 2005, and other venues.

Catalogue essays / Hilary Spurling et al.

Exhibition curators / Ann Dumas et al.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Material world : Matisse, his art and his textiles / Hilary Spurling; value: Matisse and the metaphysics of decoration / Jack Flam; value: 'What remains belongs to God' : Henri Matisse, Alois Riegl, and the arts of Islam / Rémi Labrusse; value: Chasubles : 'the purest and most radiant works ever created by Matisse' / Dominique Szymusiak; value: Catalogue plates / with section introductions by Ann Dumas and Dominique Szymusiak; value: Beginnings in Bohain ; A balance of forces ; A decorative art ; The colour of ideas : chasubles and African fabrics; value: Catalogue entries / Kathleen Brunner, Ann Dumas and Dominique Szymusiak; value: A key to the textiles; value: Chronology / Hilary Spurling.