Four thousand years ago a remarkable culture, that of the pastoral nomads, emerged in the Eurasian steppes north of the Great Wall of China, in the vast expanse of grasslands that stretches from Siberia into Central Europe. By the first millennium B.C., material prosperity among…
Nomadic art of the Eastern Eurasian steppes: the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York collections…
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), O'Neill, John Philip, Bunker, Emma C., Watt, James C. Y., Sun, Zhixin, Exhibition Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes - the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York Collections (2002 - 2003, New York, NY)
"The artistic exchange between the pastoral peoples and their settled Chinese neighbors through trade, migration, marriage alliances, and warfare contributed to the cultural development of both groups. This book chronicles that exchange and tells of the legacy of their art, with…
"The artistic exchange between the pastoral peoples and their settled Chinese neighbors through trade, migration, marriage alliances, and warfare contributed to the cultural development of both groups. This book chronicles that exchange and tells of the legacy of their art, with…
China: dawn of a golden age, 200-750 AD
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Harper, Prudence Oliver, Feng, Zhao, Hearn, Maxwell K., Leidy, Denise Patry, Watt, James C. Y., Sun, Zhixin, An, Jiayao, Howard, Angela Falco, Marshak, B. I., (Boris Ilʹich), Bai, Su, Chao-Hui Jenny Lui, Raspopova, V. I., (Valentina Ivanova)
"The integration of foreign motifs and styles with the traditional arts of China is the focus of this catalogue and the landmark exhibition that it accompanies, "China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition compromises some thr…