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The Silk Road : art and history / Jonathan Tucker

By:

Tucker, Jonathan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Art Media Resources , c2003Description: 391 p. : illus. ; 33 cmISBN:

9780588860227

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

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DDC classification:

REF 915.104 TUC

LOC classification:

BR124 .A85 2004

Summary: This book is a detailed, illustrated exploration of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia. The author provides a comprehensive history of the Silk Road and examines many of the most celebrated works of art discovered in each country, setting them in their historical and geographical context. Drawing freely on anecdotes, and literary and historical sources, the author examines the lives of the merchants and other travellers who used the ancient routes and the ways in which their activities related to the works of art that were created. Vignettes and poems from the heyday of the great trading route punctuate a lively and colourful book, which also benefits from Antonia Tozer's exceptionally evocative photographs of landscapes, monuments and peoples.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 915.104 TUC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		020280

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This book is a detailed, illustrated exploration of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia. The author provides a comprehensive history of the Silk Road and examines many of the most celebrated works of art discovered in each country, setting them in their historical and geographical context. Drawing freely on anecdotes, and literary and historical sources, the author examines the lives of the merchants and other travellers who used the ancient routes and the ways in which their activities related to the works of art that were created. Vignettes and poems from the heyday of the great trading route punctuate a lively and colourful book, which also benefits from Antonia Tozer's exceptionally evocative photographs of landscapes, monuments and peoples.

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