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Book Review
The Mongol Century: visual cultures of Yuan China, 1271–1368, S. McCausland
09/2015 | 1350 | 157
Pages: 633
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Reviewer:
Wood, Frances (Wood, Frances)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1399
subjects:
Visual culture / Chinese / Mongolian / Yuan Dynasty
Publication Received
The World of Khubilai Khan. Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 432
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Reviewer:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1399
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
print:
Chinese art
subjects:
Chinese School / Chinese painting / Chinese sculpture / Art objects / Chinese / Chinese Art / Exhibition catalogues / Calligraphy / Mongolian / Mongol (Iranian style) / Mongolian School
subjects:
Yuan Dynasty
subjects:
Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The World of Khubilai Khan. Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty | editor: Watt, James C. Y.
Exhibition Review
The Legacy of Genghis Khan. New York and Los Angeles
03/2003 | 1200 | 145
Pages: 249-252
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
Los Angeles / New York / United States
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Mongolian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
156. The Simurgh, from the Manafi' al-Hayawan. North-western Iran, 1297-1300. Ink and opaque water-colour on paper, 35.5 by 28 cm. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
157. Cenotaph with Arabic inscription. Stone. China, Yuan dynasty, fourteenth century. 65 by 45 by 165 cm. (Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
158. Bahram Gur and the monstrous wolf. Probably Tabriz, mid-fourteenth century. Ink and opaque water-colour on paper, 21 by 29 cm. (Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
159. The Death of Moses, from the world history of Rashid al-Din. Tabriz, 1314-15. Ink, opaque water-colour and silver on paper, 43.5 by 30 cm. (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
161. Pectoral or horse ornament, from the 'Bukhara' hoard. Mongol empire, mid-thirteenth century. Gold sheet, filigree, rock-crystal, 12 cm. high. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
160. Roundel with a ruler enthroned. Probably Mamluk Egypt, c. 1330-40. Tapestry weave, silk, gold thread wrapped round a cotton core, Diameter 60 cm. (The David Collection, Copenhagen; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
Persian Drawings
07/1936 | 400 | 69
Pages: 14-15+18-21
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Author:
Sakisian, Armenag (Sakisian, Armenag; Sakisian, A.)
Subjects
artists:
Riza Abbasi
artists:
Kemal of Tabriz
artists:
Siyavush
dates:
1500-1599 / 1600-1649
places:
Persia / Iran
places:
Herat
places:
Tabriz
subjects:
Persian / Illuminated manuscripts / Drawings
subjects:
Herat (Style)
subjects:
Abbasid / Mongolian / Influence
subjects:
Persian painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate II. C-The Fight with the Dragon, by Siyavush Naqqash. Tabriz. Middle of the Sixteenth Century (Louvre, Paris). Persian Drawings
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Animals and Plants in a Landscape. School of Herat. First Half of the Fifteenth Century. 24 by 17 cm. (Mr. Armenag Sakisian). Persian Drawings
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-The Funeral of Isfandiyar. Mongol Period. Beginning of the Fourteenth Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Persian Drawings
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Dragons and Phœnixes. School of Herat. Beginning of the Fifteenth Century (Museum of the Old Seraglio, Istanbul). Persian Drawings
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-A Dervish. Safavid School. Sixteenth Century (Mr. Adolphe Stoclet). Persian Drawings
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. D-Studies of Animals. School of Herat. First Half of the Fifteenth Century (Museum of the Old Seraglio, Instanbul). Persian Drawings
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Stork with Branches of Leaves and Flowers, by Kemal. Second Half of the Sixteenth Century (University Library, Istanbul); B-A Figure Holding a Rosary, by Riza. Ispahan. Beginning of the Seventeenth Century (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U. S. A.). C-A Young Man Holding a Bouquet, by Agha Riza. Ispahan. Beginning of the Seventeenth Century (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). D-The Falcon. Maragha. 1295-1300. Mongol Period (The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). Persian Drawings
Article
Discoveries of the Kozlóv Expedition
04/1926 | 277 | 48
Pages: 168-169+172-177+180-182+185
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
dates:
1920-1929
places:
Mongolia
places:
China / Russia
subjects:
Kozlov, Pyotr Kuzmich
subjects:
Archaeology / Excavations / Funerary structures
subjects:
Funerary art / Metalwork / Jewellery
subjects:
Ceramics / Textiles
subjects:
Mongolian / Chinese / Scythian
subjects:
Xiongnu (Hsiung Nu) / Yueh-chih (Indo-Scythian tribe) / Ting-ling (Siberian tribe)
subjects:
Indo-Scythian / Siberian
subjects:
Embroidery / Greek (ancient) / Influence
subjects:
Migration period
subjects:
Art objects / Jades / Chinese Art / Han
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. Design from Embroidered Hanging.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 4. Jade Plaque Found by the Kozlóv Expedition.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 5. Designs from the Catalogues Hsi ch'ing ku chien and Ning shou chien ku. The Upper Two Are from Bronzes Labelled Chou; The Lower from Bronzes Labelled Han.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 6. Pottery Urn and Design on Lacquer.
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Objects Recovered from Tombs in Northern Mongolia, Believed to Date from First Century B. C.. A-Quilted and Embroidered Carpet, Combining Scytho-Siberian, Sarmatian, and Chinese Motives. B-Embroidered Hanging, Probably Combining Chinese with Siberian Motives. Discoveries of the Kozlóv Expedition
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. Objects Recovered from Tombs in Northern Mongolia, Believed to Date from First Century B. C. C-Detail from Quilted and Embroidered Carpet on Plate I, A. D-Detail from Quilted and Embroidered Carpet on Plate I, A. Discoveries of the Kozlóv Expedition
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. Objects Recovered from Tombs in Northern Mongolia, Believed to Date from First Century B. C.. E-Embroidered Hanging of Greek Design; F-Embroidered Carpet, Combining Greek and Chinese Motives; G-Embroidered Hanging, Combining Greek and Scythian Motives. Discoveries of the Kozlóv Expedition
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate IV. Objects Recovered from Tombs in Northern Mongolia, Believed to Date from First Century B. C.. H-Silk Damask, Probably Archaic Chinese Landscape Motive. J-Metal Plaque, Showing Scytho-Siberian Elements. K-Silk Damask with Taoist Decorative Motives. L-Black Lacquered Bowl, Design in Red. Chinese. Discoveries of the Kozlóv Expedition
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. Design from Embroidered Hanging.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 3. Stucco Ornaments in the Roman Villa.
Article
Persian Miniatures
05/1914 | 134 | 25
Pages: 110-113+116-117
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Author:
Bell, Clive (Bell, Clive)
Subjects
artists:
Bihzad
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1299
places:
Persia
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Persian / Islamic / Sassanian / Mongolian
subjects:
Persian painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate II. Herramaneck Collection (Mr. Arthur Ruck). (C) Drawing by Behzad. Persian Miniatures
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Herramaneck Collection (Mr. Arthur Ruck). (A) A Horseman Contemplating a Girl Combing Her Hair. (B) A Hermit Surrounded by Beasts. Persian Miniatures
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. Herramaneck Collection (Mr. Arthur Ruck). (D) Ladder Scene. (E) Sage in a Grotto. Persian Miniatures