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Course: Art of Asia > Unit 7
Lesson 2: Textiles from the Indian Subcontinent- Rooted in the soil of the earth: geographical origins of textile practices
- The fundamental ingredients of textiles: natural fibers
- Mastering color: natural dyes of the Indian Subcontinent
- Tools and processes: producing cloth
- Practice and perfection: textile traditions
- Motifs and patterns: fundamentals of design vocabulary
- Dress and diversity: costumes traditions of the Indian Subcontinent
- Secrets of the trade: inherited traditions
- Warding off the evil eye: talismanic textiles
- Containers of confluence: imagery on painted and printed textiles
- From handmade to factory made: industry, trade and handcrafted traditions
- Freedom Movement: textile practices and the making of a nation
- Imperial splendour: textiles and royal life
- Expressions and experimentations: textiles in visual art
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Mastering color: natural dyes of the Indian Subcontinent
For centuries most of the world struggled to find ways to fix colour to cloth without it instantly coming out in the wash. Vividly painted and dyed textiles were coveted items, often quite expensive and made almost exclusively by artisans in the Indian subcontinent. Watch this video to learn about some of the raw materials and colors they worked with.
View the transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LsNKClrRb68GuqlR4_1MmRD6cBIOAAph/view?usp=sharing
View the detailed image captions here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J5vrV61JpbtbpzZNq81H8SEKTU8bge51/view?usp=sharing
Video and resources by The MAP Academy: https://mapacademy.io/academy/courses/textiles-from-the-indian-subcontinent-short-course/. Created by Smarthistory.
View the transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LsNKClrRb68GuqlR4_1MmRD6cBIOAAph/view?usp=sharing
View the detailed image captions here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J5vrV61JpbtbpzZNq81H8SEKTU8bge51/view?usp=sharing
Video and resources by The MAP Academy: https://mapacademy.io/academy/courses/textiles-from-the-indian-subcontinent-short-course/. Created by Smarthistory.