Kazakhstan's Crafts and Creative Economy
Subtitle: proceedings of an international symposium
By: Paul Michael Taylor, Gulmira Shalabayeva, editors
Contributors: Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953- editor; Shalabaeva, G. K. (Gulʹmira Kenzhebulatovna), editor; Qazaqstan Respublikasynyn︠g︡ memlekettīk Ăbīlkhan Qasteev atyndaghy ȯner muzeĭī; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program
Publisher: Kasteyev State Museum of Arts; Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9786017090319
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Handicraft; Congresses; Artisanat; Congrès
Description: Presents papers delivered at the international scholarly symposium of the same title held in Washington, D.C., on October 4, 2019, along with additional relevant papers solicited by the editors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Kazakhstan's crafts and creative economy / Gulmira Shalabayeva and Paul Michael Taylor; title: Carpet weaving as a global a cultural phenomenon : revisiting ethnic peculiarities and intercultural commonalities in crafts / Gulmira Shalabayeva; title: Studying crafts in legacy museum collections : the importance of archival sources and clues / Paul Michael Taylor - Colors and designs in the felt carpets from the collection of the Kasteyev state museum of arts / Svetlana Kobzhanova - The images of nomadic civilizations in Kazakhstan's painting / Yekaterina Reznikova - Beyond the steppe : craft and artistic movement through time in Kazakhstan / Jared M. Koller - Ancient symbols in modern Kazakh crafts and designs / Clara Isabaeva - The continuity of nomadic cultural traditions in the folk and modern jewelry of Kazakhstan / Gulaim Zhumabekova - Following global flows of craft materials / Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth - The art of making traditional Kazakh tekemet carpets / Aizhan Bekkulova - Kazakh traditional weaving : a study of history, value, and types based on the collection of the Kasteyev State Museum of Arts / Nataliya Bazhenova - The role of museums in supporting and sustaining craft traditions / Robert Pontsioen - Tuskiiz Rugs as a key element of yurt decoration / Nurzhamal Nurfeizova - The treasures of the great steppe : Kazakhstan's Tutankhumun / Oxana Tanskaya - The role of crafts in economic growth : a comparative example / Inigo Acosta - The manifesto of a generation : a painting encapsulating and conveying the ethnic artistic idea - portrait of contemporaries by Tokbolat Toguzbayev / Galina Syrlybayeva - Art on the margins : Chokan Valikhanov as an artist / Amir Jadaibaev.