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Book SynopsisThe richly illustrated volume features 33 short essays, each taking a single object as a starting point to unravel complex, interconnected histories. Written by curators, scientists, conservators and other museum staff, this multifaceted work explores issues of the circulation of materials, objects and technology which have long predated the contemporary period. This approach encourages readers to appreciate well known masterpieces as well as lesser known and unpublished works from a new perspective and focus on networks of artistic, cultural and historical connections that shaped their meaning and significance. This publication is a thought-provoking, engaging and accessible volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the arts of Asia, from Turkey to Japan and in all media, as well as those readers with an appreciation for late nineteenth-century American art.
Table of ContentsPreface by Chase F. Robinson; Introduction by Massumeh Farhad and Sana Mirza; Itinerant Trajectories by Ellen Chase and Soon Kai; Casting the Hidden Knife by Donna Strahan; Following Smoke Trails by Joanna M. Gohmann; Cultural Entanglements by Antonietta Catanzariti; A Stellar Consolation by Najiba Choudhury; A Traveler’s Well-Traveled Object/ Buried Away from Home by Keith Wilson and Janet Douglas; The Crossroads of Dunhuang OR Painting at Crossroads by Jennifer Giaccai; A Divine Assembly by Emma Natalya Stein; On the River by Stephen Allee; Praying in a Dream by Frank Feltens; Afterlives of a Prince by Frank Feltens; Noblesse Oblige by Simon Rettig and Janet O’Brien; Under the Microscope by Andrew Hare and Jiro Ueda; From a Mongol Queen to a French Jeweler by Simon Rettig; Gifting Wonders by Sana Mirza; Evolving Identities by Blythe McCarthy and Louise Allison Cort; Frolicking Dragons from China to Japan by Jan Stuart; A Sybil Comes East by Massumeh Farhad; An Eye to the Future by Massumeh Farhad; A Grand Gift by Jan Stuart; Aesthetic Intersections by Sol Jung; The Emperor Comes Calling by Debra Diamond; A Portrait’s Secret Uncovered by Jennifer Giaccai; A Persian Journey Box by Simon Rettig; Caprice in Purple and Gold by Diana Greenwold; Staging the Chinese Immigrant Experience by Kerry Roeder; Finding the Global in the Local by Kerry Roeder; Shining Examples by Diana Greenwold; For the love of ceramics by Lisa Fthenakis; Mapping the Journey of a Lifetime by Kit Brooks; Emptiness in Excess: Frank Feltens; Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Kit Brooks; Sent a Letter by Carol Huh;Contributors;Endnotes;Selected Bibliography/Further Reading Index
