ARTS AND CRAFTS OF MOROCCO

The arts and crafts of Morocco express a centuries-long intermingling of influences from Africa, Islam, and from the alliance of the Moors and the Spaniards. The author's account, based on his own first-hand research, examines all the media one-by-one: textiles, j ewelry/ leather, wood and metalwork/ and pottery and ceramics. These objects derive either from a rural lifestyle, with symbols and patterns that express the powerful animistic beliefs of the Berber country artisans, or from the cities, in which Islamic tenets pro vide the ...[Read more]