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671 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm |
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Catalogue for a major quincentenary exhibition to be held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1991-January 12, 1992. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 654-670). |
| Contents |
The realms of pride and awe / Daniel J. Boorstin -- Circa 1492 : history and art / Jay A. Levenson -- Observations and beliefs : the world of the Catalan atlas / Jean Michel Massing -- Portuguese navigation : its historical development / Luís de Albuquerque -- Spain in the age of exploration : crossroads of artistic cultures / Jonathan Brown -- Sculpture in Castile c. 1492 / J.J. Martín González -- The Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella / Richard Kagan -- The art of western Africa in the age of exploration / Ezio Bassani -- 'The gorgeous East' : trade and tribute in the Islamic empires / J. Michael Rogers -- Picturing the Levant / Julian Raby -- Maps and the rationalization of geographic space / David Woodward -- Tradition and innovation : Columbus' first voyage and Portuguese navigation in the fifteenth century / Francis Maddison. |
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The mean and measure of all things / Martin Kemp -- Michelangelo 1492 / Giulio Carlo Argan -- The quest for the exotic : Albrecht Dürer in the Netherlands / Jean Michael Massing -- Circa 1492 in Japan : Columbus and the legend of golden Cipangu / Martin Collcutt -- Art in Japan 1450-1550 / Sherman E. Lee -- The Kangnido : a Korean world map, 1402 / Gari Ledyard -- Korean painting of the early Chosn period / Sherman E. Lee -- China in the age of Columbus / F.W. Mote -- Art in China 1450-1550 / Sherman E. Lee -- Encounters with India : land of gold, spices, and matters spiritual / Stuart Cary Welch -- The Aztec empire : realm of the smoking mirror / Michael D. Coe -- The Aztec gods : how many? / Miguel Léon-Portilla -- The Taínos : principal inhabitants of Columbus' Indies / Irving Rouse and José Juan Arrom -- Early European images of America : the ethnographic approach / Jean Michel Massing. |
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Signs of division, symbols of unity : art in the Inka empire / Craig Morris -- The falcon and the serpent : life in the southeastern United States at the time of Columbus / James A. Brown -- Emblems of power in the chiefdoms of the new world / Warwick Bray -- A world united / J.H. Elliott. |
| Summary |
Catalogue for quincentenary exhibition examining the art and history of the principal cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean, eastern Asia, and the Americas. |
| Subject |
Art, Medieval -- Exhibitions.
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Fifteenth century -- Exhibitions.
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Art -- History -- 15th century -- Exhibitions.
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Middle Ages in art.
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Art. (OCoLC)fst00815177
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Art, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst00816576
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Fifteenth century. (OCoLC)fst00923962
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Middle Ages in art. (OCoLC)fst01020332
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| Chronological Term |
1400-1499
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Levenson, Jay A.
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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
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Circa fourteen ninety-two |
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Circa fourteen hundred ninety-two |
| ISBN |
0300051670 |
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9780300051674 |
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0300052170 (pbk.) |
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9780300052176 (pbk.) |
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