Nomadic art of the eastern Eurasian steppes : the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York collections
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Bunker, Emma C., author.
Title
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Nomadic art of the eastern Eurasian steppes : the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York collections
Author
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Bunker, Emma C., author.
ISBN
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9781588390660
9780300096880
Personal Author
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Bunker, Emma C., author.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
General Note
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003.
Exhibition title: Nomadic art of the Eastern Eurasian steppes.
Contents
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Director's Foreword / Collector's Foreword / The World of the Eurasian Nomads -- North China, Mongolia, and Southern Siberia -- Introduction / The Land and the People / Artifacts: Regional Styles and Production Methods / Catalogue / Horse Harness Fittings -- Wheeled Transportation -- Weapons, Helmets, and Tools -- Belt Ornaments -- Garment Plaques and Hooks -- Personal Ornaments -- Mirrors, Tools for Musical Instruments, and Ceremonial Paraphernalia -- Vessels and Implements -- The Legacy of Nomadic Art in China and Eastern Central Asia
Abstract
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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 the nomads had brought about a flowering of creativity and the evolution of a new artistic vocabulary. The pastoral peoples left no written record, but the artifacts that remain provide a key to understanding their culture and beliefs. Beautifully crafted and highly sophisticated and abstract in design, these objects are visual representations of the natural and supernatural worlds that guided their lives. This publication chronicles the artistic exchange between the pastoral peoples and their settled Chinese neighbors and tells of the legacy of their art, with iconographic analyses and detailed descriptions of nearly two hundred artifacts.-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Personal Subject
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Thaw, Eugene Victor-Art collections-Exhibitions.
Subject Term
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Metal-work, Nomadic -- Eurasia -- Exhibitions.
Decoration and ornament -- Animal forms -- Eurasia -- Exhibitions.
Metal-work -- Private collections -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.
Added Author
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Watt, James C. Y.,
Sun, Zhixin, 1951-,
Added Corporate Author
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1171037-1001 | NK6407.25 .B86 2002 EB | MET E-Books |