Decorative Arts of the Tunisian École: Fabrications of Modernism, Gender, and Power

by Jessica Gerschultz

The arts drove a seismic cultural shift in mid-twentieth-century Tunis, as women entered ateliers and workshops previously dominated by men and as collaborations across art schools destabilized the boundary between art and craft. This volume uses the "Tunisian cole"--a configuration of artists, art students, professors, and artisans from the Tunis School, the School of Fine Arts, and the National Office of Handicraft engaged in the unity of "fine"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271083182
• ISBN13: 9780271083186
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 9.8"