Troy (art history, Berry College) explores the relationship between Anni Albers founding member of the Bauhaus weaving workshop and the influence of the Andean weavers of ancient Peru on Albers' approach to textile design. Coverage includes historical background to Albers work; Andean textiles in German primitivist discourse and ethnographic scholarship, and at the Bauhaus; Albers' years at the Bauhaus, in the U.S. and Mexico, and at Black Mountain College; and the artist's pictorial weavings in the 1950s and 1960s. Academic but accessible to general readers with an interest in art, art history, and textile design. Illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)