Silk & Stone: The Art of Asia

by Jill Tilden (Editor)

This volume explores the rich diversity of Asian art. The range of subjects examined includes silk in China under the Northern Song, Indonesian royal and ethnic gold, Islamic arhcitecture in the Deccan, a Persian manuscript of Sa'di's Gulistan, Khmer sculpture and Mughal red-ground grotesque carpets. It highlights the complex interactions of Far and Near Eastern traditions as artistic and religious ideas were transmitted first along the Silk Road, and then as a result of the extensive conquests of Genghis Khan and Timur.

Genres: Art

197 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

Reviews

[Anna C]

A very interesting used bookstore find. It appears this was the third of a short-lived art history series in the 90s that would annually publish exemplary secondary scholarly articles, the kind usually found in academic journals no one reads, in a large book with glossy paper and high-quality, full-page illustrations, the kind usually seen as museum catalogs. It appears that the fourth annual was the last of the series, which is a shame, because this is an intriguing marriage of forms.