
Across Asia and the Islamic World
Movement and Mobility in the Arts of East Asian, South and Southeast Asian, and Islamic Cultures
Ruth Bowler(Editor)
Giles (Publisher)
Published on 7. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-913875-22-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Walters Art Museum is among America's most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. The museum features a stunning array of objects, from richly illuminated Qur'ans and images of the Buddha, to captivating narrative paintings and artfully crafted ceramics and metalworks.
Official publication in March 2023 celebrates the reopening of the Museum's Arts of Asia and Islam collections in the renovated and reinstalled 4th floor of the Centre Street Building. Arts Across Asia and Islam will be the first volume in a series of titles which break away from the traditional academic approach. It is built around themes that transcend period, form, locale and medium, and forms part of the Museum's wider initiative to focus resources on developing new ways of interpreting its collections.
Official publication in March 2023 celebrates the reopening of the Museum's Arts of Asia and Islam collections in the renovated and reinstalled 4th floor of the Centre Street Building. Arts Across Asia and Islam will be the first volume in a series of titles which break away from the traditional academic approach. It is built around themes that transcend period, form, locale and medium, and forms part of the Museum's wider initiative to focus resources on developing new ways of interpreting its collections.
Reviews / Votes
"What these photos and essays leave you with is a new understanding of looking at historic objects: as material output of cultures continuously on the move."-Sigrid van Roode, Bedouin SilverMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
D Giles Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
45 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913875-22-0 (9781913875220)
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Persons
Ruth Bowler is director of Publication and Digital Production, The Walters Art Museum
Adriana Proser is the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art, The Walters Art Museum
Dany Chan is associate curator of Asian Art, The Walters Art Museum
Ashley Dimmig is the Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in Islamic Art, The Walters Art Museum
Adriana Proser is the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art, The Walters Art Museum
Dany Chan is associate curator of Asian Art, The Walters Art Museum
Ashley Dimmig is the Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in Islamic Art, The Walters Art Museum
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Contributions
Author/originator
Content
Foreword by Julia Marciari-Alexander, Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director, The Walters Art Museum; Expansion and Exchange Across Borders; Moving Social Stature and Split Across Borders; Carrying Culture Across Borders; Further Reading; Index