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Nomadic art of the eastern Eurasian steppes : the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York collections / Emma C. Bunker ; with contributions by James C.Y. Watt, Zhixin Sun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bunker, Emma C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thaw, Eugene Victor--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Thaw, Eugene Victor.
- Metal-work, Nomadic--Eurasia--Exhibitions.
- Metal-work, Nomadic.
- Decoration and ornament--Animal forms--Eurasia--Exhibitions.
- Decoration and ornament.
- Metal-work--Private collections--New York (State)--New York--Exhibitions.
- Metal-work.
- Private collections.
- Decoration and ornament--Animal forms.
- Art museums.
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--New York.
- Eurasia.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press [distributor], 2002.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Emma C. Bunker is Research Consultant in the Asian Art Department at the Denver Art Museum and a scholar in the art of the pastoral peoples of North China, southern Siberia, and Central Asia.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Director's Foreword / Philippe de Montebello
- Collector's Foreword / Eugene V. Thaw
- The World of the Eurasian Nomads
- North China, Mongolia, and Southern Siberia
- Introduction / James C.Y. Watt
- The Land and the People / Emma C. Bunker
- Artifacts: Regional Styles and Production Methods / Emma C. Bunker
- Catalogue / Emma C. Bunker / contributions by Zhixin Sun
- 1.. Horse Harness Fittings
- 2.. Wheeled Transportation
- 3.. Weapons, Helmets, and Tools
- 4.. Belt Ornaments
- 5.. Garment Plaques and Hooks
- 6.. Personal Ornaments
- 7.. Mirrors, Tools for Musical Instruments, and Ceremonial Paraphernalia
- 8.. Vessels and Implements
- The Legacy of Nomadic Art in China and Eastern Central Asia / James C. Y. Watt.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Exhibition title: Nomadic art of the Eastern Eurasian steppes.
- ISBN:
- 1588390667
- 0300096887
- OCLC:
- 50091634
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