Treasure Ships : Art in the Age of Spices

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  • Author:
    BENNETT James / KELTY Russell
  • ISBN:
    9781921668227
  • Publication Date:
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    168
  • Binding:
    Hardback
  • Publisher:
    Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Country of Publication:
Treasure Ships : Art in the Age of Spices
Treasure Ships : Art in the Age of Spices

Treasure Ships : Art in the Age of Spices

SKU: 9781921668227
Regular price $75.00
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    BENNETT James / KELTY Russell
  • ISBN:
    9781921668227
  • Publication Date:
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    168
  • Binding:
    Hardback
  • Publisher:
    Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Country of Publication:

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The book presents the complex artistic and cultural interactions between Europe and Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries - a period known as the 'Age of Spices'. It reveals how the international trade in spices and other exotic commodities inspired dialogue between Asian and European artists, a centuries old conversation whose heritage is the aesthetic globalism we know today.It includes nearly 300 outstanding and rarely-seen works of ceramics, decorative arts, furniture, metalware, paintings, prints and textiles from public and private collections in Australia, India, Portugal, Singapore and the United States.
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  • The book presents the complex artistic and cultural interactions between Europe and Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries - a period known as the 'Age of Spices'. It reveals how the international trade in spices and other exotic commodities inspired dialogue between Asian and European artists, a centuries old conversation whose heritage is the aesthetic globalism we know today.It includes nearly 300 outstanding and rarely-seen works of ceramics, decorative arts, furniture, metalware, paintings, prints and textiles from public and private collections in Australia, India, Portugal, Singapore and the United States.
The book presents the complex artistic and cultural interactions between Europe and Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries - a period known as the 'Age of Spices'. It reveals how the international trade in spices and other exotic commodities inspired dialogue between Asian and European artists, a centuries old conversation whose heritage is the aesthetic globalism we know today.It includes nearly 300 outstanding and rarely-seen works of ceramics, decorative arts, furniture, metalware, paintings, prints and textiles from public and private collections in Australia, India, Portugal, Singapore and the United States.