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Bibliography - Clip Art, Orientalism and Rugs

This is a catchall page for those books that just don't seem to fit anywhere lese. Clip art offers the costume designer a wealth of images to inspire or copy. These can be transformed into beaded designs, or motifs for making appliques. Books on rugs also offer the designer lots of rich visual information about color, pattern and texture that can be transformed into costumes. Orientalist art can be very inspirational for the dancer, and I have tried to include titles that feature dance imagery. As this bibliography grows, look for many more titles in the Orientalist section. In the future I will subdivide this category to make it easier to find specific information.

Abas, S. J. Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns. World Scientific: New Jersey 1995.

Akar, Azade. Authentic Turkish Designs. Dover Publications:New York 1992.

Akar Azade. Treasury of Turkish Designs. Dover Publications, Inc.: New York 1988.

Allane, Lee. Oriental Rugs: A Buyers Guide. Thames and Hudson: London 1988.

Alloula, Malek. The Colonial Harem. University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis 1986.

Ammoun, Denise. Crafts of Egypt. American University of Cairo Press: Cairo 1991.

Blackman, Winifred. The Fellahin of Upper Egypt. G. G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.: London 1927.

Buourgoin, J. Islamic Patterns. Dover Publications, Inc.: New York 1978.

Davies, Peter. The Tribal Eye: Antique Kilims of Anatolia. Rizzoli: New York 1993.

Eastern Encounters: Orientalist Painters of the Nineteenth Century. Fine Art Society, Ltd.: London 1978.

Gantzhorn, Volkmar. Oriental Carpets. Taschen: New York 1998.

Grafton, Carol Belanger. Egyptian Designs. Dover Publications, Inc.: New York 1993.

Hamann, Bradford R. The Greek Design Book. Stemmer House Publishers: Owings Mills, MA 1980.

Lewis, Reina. Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation. Routledge: New York 1996.

MacKenzi, John M.. Orientalism: History, Theory and the Arts. Manchester University Press: London 1964-65.

Revault, Jactues. Design and Patterns from North African Carpets and Textiles. Dover Publications Inc.:New York 1973.

Simakoff, N. Islamic Designs in Color. Dover Publications: New York 1993.

Thompson, James. The East, Imagined, Expereienced, Remembered: Orientalist Nineteenth Century Painting. National Gallery of Ireland: Doublin 1988.

Valcarenghi, Dario. Kilim: History and Symbols. Electa: New York 1994.

Wilson, Eva. Ancient Egyptian Designs for Artists and Craftspeople. Dover Publications Inc.: New York 1987.

Wilson, Eva. Islamic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople. Dover Publications Inc.: New York 1988.