Drawing on the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva the authors, Purissima Benitez-Johannot, jean Paul Barbier and Alain Michel Boyer examine the literary, mythological and historical context of shield from africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania. They discuss how the motifs on each shield allow us to define where it originates from geographically, and reveal the shields ethnic deriv…
Beautifully illustrated volume from the Asian Cultural history program of the Smithsonian Institution full of color photos of Turkish culture and art. In both English and Turkmen.
1. Excavations (Archeology) – Azerbaijan. 2. Excavation (Archeology) – Georgia (Republic). 3. Antiquities (Archeology) – Turkey, Eastern. 4. Azerbaijan – Antiquities. 5. Georgia (Republic) – Antiquities 6. Turkey, Eastern – Antiquities. 7. Silk road – Antiquities. 8. Petroleum pepilines – Caucasus, South 9. Petroleum pipelines – Turkey, Eastern I. Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953- I…
The Korean Gallery at the Smithsonian\\\'s National Museum of Natural History presents Korea\\\'s millenia of history and its distinctive culture through ceramics, paintings, textiles, adn sculptures, ranging from the 6th centuryB.C. to the 21st century. In this book also presents many previously unpublished Korean artifacts, and artworks.