LDR 02489nam a22002777a 4500 005 20140710152047.0 020 _a9789078653479 040 _cIFS 041 0 _aeng 245 _aExpedition Silk Road _bJourney to the West ; Treasures from the Hermitage _c[authors Anastasia Chizhova ... Ed.-in-chif Arnoud Bijl ...] 260 _aAmsterdam _bHermitage Amsterdam _c2014 300 _a255 p. _bills. 500 _acatalogue of the exhibition Expedition Silk Road ... from 1 March to 5 September 2014, organised by the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and the Hermitage Amsterdam 520 _aThe legendary Silk Road existed long before the birth of Christ. It was not a single highway but a great web of trade routes. Until the 15th century the Silk Road was the largest trading network in the world, extending from China to the Mediterranean. Travellers had to cross dangerous mountain passes and inhospitable deserts, although they could break their journeys in fertile oases and prosperous small kingdoms. It was here that trade was conducted.And art flourished. In connecting major civilisations, such as India, Persia, China and the Roman Empire, the Silk Road engendered unprecedented cultural exchange. This book presents the rare beauty of finds from vanished cities: wall paintings, Buddhas and precious artefacts of silk, silver, glass, gold and terracotta. All recovered during Russian archaeological expeditions in the 19th and 20th centuries. By explorers who trod in the footsteps of kings, merchants and Buddhist monks. Now readers can tread in the footsteps of these archaeological pioneers and follow the same trade routes to the West. On a journey through a world of unexpected and unbelievably splendid treasures. Exhibition: Hermitage, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (01.03.-05.09.2014) 650 _aArt -- Anthologies -- Catalogue -- Silk Road 700 _aChizhova, Anastasia 700 _aBijl, Arnoud 710 _aHermitage _gAmsterdam 710 _aGosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž _gSankt Petersburg 711 _aExhibition Expedition Silk Road _d(2014.03.01-09.05 _cAmsterdam) 900 _aGBV _bSUB+Uni Göttingen <7> _d!ALS1! GAC 510:m = 2014 B 1115 _d2014 B 1115 900 _aGBV _bADW Berlin-Brandenburg _d!B4/360/Turfan! Allg. 1.10.3./15208 So.-Sto.: Turfan 900 _aGBV _bStiftung PSG _dK3-Ams-2014-1 942 _2ddc 952 _r2014-07-10 _fEUR _40 _e100 _00 _621500257 _9218013 _10 _o2150/0257 _d2014-07-10 _z347635 _71 _c1 _g39.00 _yBOOK _aIFS 999 _c347635 _d347635