Horse and history : from Arabia to Ascot / John Curtis and Nigel Tallis ; with the assistance of Astrid Johansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, John, 1946-

Contributor:

Tallis, Nigel.

British Museum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horses--History--Exhibitions.

Horses.

Horses in art--Exhibitions.

Horses in art.

History.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

268 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Horse : from Arabia to Royal Ascot

Place of Publication:

Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, [2012]

Summary:

Published in conjunction with a British Museum exhibition, this book presents essays discussing the horse--in the ancient Near East, the Islamic world, Arabia, and modern Britain--along with selections from the British Museum. With the expansive collections of the British Museum before them, curators Curtis and Tallis explain that they decided to focus on the Arabian horse as a means of narrowing the range of choices connected with horses. The presentation is in a 10x10.5" format, with elegantly designed pages and generous-size illustrations. Distribution in the US is by Ashgate. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot', held at the British Museum, May 24-Sept. 12, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (page 267).

ISBN:

9781848221062

1848221061

OCLC:

775419693