Author: CARVALHO, PEDRO MOURA
Title: Science & Wonder in 16th Century Goa. Garcia de Orta and the Kunstkammer
Description: Franco Maria Ricci, Parma. 2017. (ISBN: 9788894153354). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 29,5 x 31 cm; 1.6 kg; 155 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; New, may show signs of shelf wear.; "The volume that the Champalimaud Foundation now presents brings us back to the magic of the Cabinets of Curiosities that housed works of art, utilitarian and decorative objects, furniture, fabrics and clothing, drawings of animals and plants brought from the East. It also reveals the eating habits and rare spices, mainly from India, Sri Lanka and China, and what the West learn from the wealth and advances of civilizations of which, until then, little was known beyond the fact that they existed." excerpt from the foreword. New/Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: 9788894153354 india,goa,sri lanka,china Asian Art


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