Bulletin
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Page : 818 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 1929
Category : China
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Page : 818 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 1929
Category : China
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Author : Massimo Vidale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 183860975X
In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But, as the author shows, it has a prehistory which goes very much further back: and a succession of skilled yet still elusive Bronze Age cultures flourished here well before the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE. This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating history, art and archaeology of the region, including its primal trade in silk and foodstuffs; the mineral wealth of the Oxus basin; its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples which led to a new stability, economic growth and urbanism. The volume contains 150 full-colour photographs of notable artefacts, including silver decorated vessels, inlaid stone pots, agate beads and 25 'Bactrian Princesses': remarkable statuettes made in chlorite and limestone. Most of these rare objects have never been seen, let alone published, before.
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
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Author : Bénédicte Savoy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 19,24 MB
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 311054508X
As more parts of the world outside Europe became accessible =– and in the wake of social and technological developments in the 18th century – a growing number of exotic artefacts entered European markets. The markets for such objects thrived, while a collecting culture and museums emerged. This book provides insights into the methods and places of exchange, networks, prices, expertise, and valuation concepts, as well as the transfer and transport of these artefacts over 300 years and across four continents. The contributions are from international experts, including Ting Chang, Nélia Dias, Noëmie Etienne, Jonathan Fine, Philip Jones, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Léa Saint-Raymond, and Masako Yamamoto.
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 25,53 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Art
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Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,59 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Art
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Author : Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,61 MB
Release : 1910
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Page : 594 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Japan
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Author : Francine Giese
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9004412646
The present volume offers a collection of essays that examines the mechanisms and strategies of collecting, displaying and appropriating Islamic art in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many studies in this book concentrate on lesser known collections of Islamic art, situated in Central and Eastern Europe that until now have received little attention from scholars. Special attention is given to the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels, whose important, still largely unstudied collection of Islamic art is now preserved in the Bernisches Historisches Museum, Switzerland. Contributors to the volume include young researchers and established scholars from Western and Eastern Europe and beyond: Roger Nicholas Balsiger, Moya Carey, Valentina Colonna, Francine Giese, Hélène Guérin, Barbara Karl, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Agnieszka Kluczewska Wójcik, Inessa Kouteinikova, Axel Langer, Maria Medvedeva, Ágnes Sebestyén, Alban von Stockhausen, Ariane Varela Braga, Mercedes Volait. Les contributions de l’ouvrage examinent le mécanisme et les stratégies relatifs à la collection, la présentation et l’appropriation des arts de l’Islam au XIXe siècle et début du XXe siècle. Elles mettent l’accent sur des collections situées en Europe centrale et orientale, lesquelles ont été peu étudiées jusqu’à présent. Une attention particulière est dédiée à la figure du collectionneur Suisse Henri Moser Charlottenfels, dont les objets se trouvent aujourd’hui au Bernisches Historisches Museum (Suisse) et qui ont été de même peu étudiés. Les textes émanent de jeunes chercheurs comme de chercheurs confirmés, basés en Europe occidentale et orientale, et au-delà.