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Art Gallery of South Australia, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. ARTTreasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices presents the complex artistic and cultural interactions between Europe and Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries - a period known as the Age of Spices. The book includes nearly 300 outstanding and rarely seen works of ceramics, decorative arts, furniture, metalware, paintings, prints and textiles from public and private collections in Australia, India, Portugal, Singapore and the United States. The works of art illustrated reveal how the international trade in spices and other exotic commodities inspired dialogue between Asian and European artists, a centuries-old conversation whose heritage is the aesthetic globalism we know today. Highlights include a diverse range of Christian works of art created in ports such as Goa and Nagasaki from collections in Portugal and India, two works from the personal collection of Queen Adelaide (1792-1849) after whom the city of Adelaide is named,… Leer más

Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2015. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Hardcover. Exhibition Publication. 245mm x 325mm. Light general wear to bards. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 352pp This exhibition presents the stories of the spice markets, slave trade and shipwrecks, told through artworks. It includes over 250 outstanding and rarely seen examples of ceramics, furniture, maps, metalware, paintings and prints, plus the precious Chinese porcelain. Sourced from public and private collections around the world, it reveals how Asian and European artists interacted, and how the foundations were laid for today's aesthetic globalism..

Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia. 2014. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. 'As New'. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 352 pages. The beautifully illustrated and informative catalogue which accompanied the 2015 Exhibition of the same name. The first major exhibition in Australia to present the complex artistic and cultural interaction between Europe and Asia from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. . Like New. 1st Edition. Hardback.