Author: JORGE WELSH (ED.) Title: A Arte Expansionista, Objectos Contemporâneos E Posteriores
Description: Jorge Welsh Books. 2009, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780955743269). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, Portuguese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 188 pages, 122 colour illustrations, 2 black and white illustrations; 23.9 x 29.5 cm; 1.5 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue with introduction by Alexandra Curvelo.; An academic catalogue exploring porcelain and works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan from the 16th to 18th centuries. These objects, that embody the Age of Discovery, were made by local craftsmen in various materials and decorative techniques. They serve to illustrate this great epoch of early contact and trade relations and show how European, particularly Portuguese, culture and art influenced the world from the 15th century onwards. The works of art include a brass plaque from the Kingdom of Benin; a tortoiseshell casket and two black mastic and mother-of-pearl overlaid objects from Gujarat; a group of rare export porcelains and a six-fold lacquer screen from China; and three namban objects from Japan. New/Dust Jacket Included.
Keywords: 9780955743269 JORGE WELSH, PORCELANA, AFRICA, CHINA, ÍNDIA, JAPÃO African Art Asian Art
Price: EUR 360.00 = appr. US$ 391.26 Seller: Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda
- Book number: CAT12PT
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