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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

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Title	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
Creator	Bunker, Emma C
Description	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; "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; Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Exhibition title: Nomadic art of the Eastern Eurasian steppes
Subject	Thaw, Eugene Victor -- Art collections -- Exhibitions Metal-work, Nomadic -- Eurasia -- Exhibitions Decoration and ornament -- Animal forms -- Eurasia -- Exhibitions Metal-work -- Private collections -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions
Publisher	New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press distributor
Contributor	Watt, James C. Y Sun, Zhixin, 1951- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Date	2002
Dimensions	xi, 233 p. : chiefly col. ill., maps ; 29 cm
Digital Collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications
Repository	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Language	English
Type	text
Copyright Status	copyrighted
Copyright Notice	Copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Copyright Information	The Libraries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art make digital versions of collections accessible for research purposes in the following situations: They are in the public domain; the rights are owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art; we have permission to make them accessible; we make them accessible as a fair use, or there are no known restrictions on use. To learn what your responsibilities are if you'd like to use the materials, go to http://www.metmuseum.org/information/terms-and-conditions
Watsonline record number	b1325232x
Link to Watsonline record	http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1325232
Date created	2012-11-20
OCLC number	819761397

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