Tibetan silver, gold and bronze objects and the aesthetics of animals in the era before empire : cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia / John Vincent Bellezza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellezza, John Vincent, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2984.

BAR international series ; 2984

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibetan Plateau--Antiquities.

Tibetan Plateau.

Animals in art--History.

Animals in art.

Antiquities.

China--Tibetan Plateau.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 169 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This archaeological and art-historical study is woven around rock art and ancient metallic articles attributed to Tibet. The silver bowls, gold finial, and copper alloy spouted jars and trapezoidal plaques featured are assigned to the Iron Age and Protohistoric period. These rare objects are adorned with zoomorphic subjects mimicking those found in rock art and embody an artistic zeitgeist widely diffused in Central Eurasia in Late Prehistory. Diverse sources of inspiration and technological capability are revealed in these objects and rock art, shedding light on their transcultural dimension. The archaeological and aesthetic materials in this work prefigure the Tibetan cosmopolitanism of early historic times promoted through the spread of Buddhist ideas, art and craft from abroad.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 29, 2020).

ISBN:

9781407354354

1407354353

OCLC:

1223985483