Artistry of the everyday
Subtitle: beauty and craftsmanship in Berber art
By: Lisa Bernasek ; foreword by Susan Gilson Miller ; photographs by Hillel S. Burger and Mark Craig.
Contributors: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Series: Peabody Museum collections
Publisher: Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780873654050
Subjects: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology; Berbers -- Material culture -- Exhibitions; Berbers -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions; Arts, Berber -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "In Artistry of the Everyday: Beauty and Craftsmanship in Berber Art, anthropologist Lisa Bernasek gives an insightful overview of Berber history and culture, focusing on the rich aesthetic traditions of Berber craftsmen and -women. She also tells the stories of the collectors whose generosity enhanced the holdings of the Peabody Museum. In a final chapter, she looks at Berber arts in the present day, examining how traditional arts are being used in new forms by Berber artists in North Africa and Europe."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-125).
Table of contents: title: The Imazighen and their arts; title: Touring Kabylia; title: Harvard in the Rif; title: Collecting Tuareg art; title: Amazigh art today; title: Color plates.