Silk Road East West Cultural Exchange and Northern Grassland Art: Volume 1

Silk Road Cultural Exchange between East and West and the Art of the Northern Steppes is a six-volume series; From multiple historical perspectives, it examines artistic cultures along the Silk Road and the mechanisms of East–West exchange, while surveying steppe art across Eurasia from the Bronze Age onward. This book combs the artistic achievements of major ethnic groups in various regions of the Silk Road, and comprehensively discusses the artistic creation of major Nomad in northern China and Siberia since the Neolithic and Bronze Age, with the goal of being scientific, comprehensive and exploratory. The overall investigation of Art history in the long river of macro geography and history shows the significance of cultural and artistic exchanges between East and West along the Silk Road, as well as the long history of ancient nomadic art on the grassland and the powerful northern style. Aifeng Shen, professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Arts, Soochow University, and head of the Department of Art History. He is also the deputy director and director of the Oriental Art Research Center at Soochow University. He mainly engages in teaching and research on ancient art history in Asia and Europe, as well as foreign art history. He also engages in oil painting creation and participates in art criticism work. Silk Road Cultural Exchange between East and West and the Art of the Northern Steppes is a six-volume series; this book is Volume 1. From multiple historical perspectives, it examines artistic cultures along the Silk Road and the mechanisms of East–West exchange, while surveying steppe art across Eurasia from the Bronze Age onward. Drawing on classical and modern texts and archaeological evidence, and combining historical inquiry with art-historical and iconographic analysis, it traces developments from painted pottery and early bronze cultures to the era of the Mongol Empire. The volume also clarifies key Silk Road concepts and reviews major interpretive approaches in art history, including monistic and pluralistic views. Richly illustrated, it analyzes ceramics, bronzes, metalwork, textiles, architecture, and sculpture across early China, Egypt, West Asia, the Aegean-Greek world, and the Roman-Byzantine tradition. Accessible yet rigorous, it serves scholars, teachers, students, and interested general readers.

Pagina's: 380, Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan