Patterns and poetry: Nō robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design - Softcover

Rhode Island School Of Design

Softcover

ISBN 10: 091151760X ISBN 13: 9780911517606

Publisher: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1993

Synopsis

Patterns and Poetry: No Robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, is a beautiful and informative publication on the RISD Museum's collection of costumes for the Japanese No theater. This collection, arguably the finest in the United States, was assembled largely on the spot in Japan during the 1920's by Rhode Islander Lucy Truman Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The 47 robes came to the Museum by gift and bequest from Miss Aldrich herself and represent all catagories of No costume. Four essays document the history of the collection, including Miss Aldrich's encounter with Chinese bandits; poetic allusion in the imagery of the robes; the traditional methods of making No robes; and the evolution of No costume over 650 years. Individual entries with color illustrations discuss each of the 47 objects.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Anderson Hay, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; Monica Bethe, Independent Scholar, Japan; Helen M. Nagata, former Curator of Asian Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; Iwao Nagasaki, Curator and Scholar at the National Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 091151760X
• ISBN 13: 9780911517606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188