Author: ROXBURGH, DAVID J. [ED]
Title: Turks : a journey of a thousand years, (600-1600)
Description: London New York : Royal Academy of Arts ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams 2005. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Physical description; 494 p. : col. ill. col. maps ; 31 cm. Notes; [15] p. of errata sheets inserted. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts. London. 22 Jan. to 12 April 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-489) and index. Text in English. translated from Turkish. German and Russian. Contents; The Turks: a historical overview / Peter B. Golden -- Religions of the Turks in the pre-Islamic period / Peter Zieme -- The Turks: a chronology / Peter B. Golden -- 1. Central Asia. 600-1000 -- Chinese Central Asia (Xinjiang): its peoples and its culture / Marianne Yaldiz -- 2. The Seljuks of Iran and their successors -- The emergence of Turkic dynastic presence in the Islamic world: cultural experiences and artistic horizons. 950-1250 / Oya Pancaroglu -- 3. The Seljuks and Artuqids of medieval Anatolia -- The Anatolian Seljuks / Nazan Ölçer -- 4. Muhammad of the Black Pen and his paintings -- Glimpses into the fourteenth-century Turkic world of Central Asia: the paintings of Muhammad Siyah Qalam / Filiz Çagman -- 5. The Timurids and Turkmen -- The Timurid and Turkmen dynasties of Iran. Afghanistan and Central Asia. c. 1370-1506 / David J. Roxburgh -- 6. The Ottomans: from Mehmed II to Murad III -- Art of the Ottoman court / Serpil Bagci. Zeren Tanindi -- Catalogue entries -- The Ottoman sultans as poets / Mustafa Isen -- The Turkic languages / Osman Fikri Sertkaya. Subjects; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) - Exhibitions. Art. Turkish - Exhibitions. Turkic peoples - History - Exhibitions. Turks - History - Exhibitions. Art. Turkish. Turkic peoples. Art. Turkish - Catalogs. Art. Islamic - Exhibitions. Civilization. Turkic - Catalogs. Art - Exhibitions. Turkish Antiquities. Islamic Art & Antiquities - Turkey. Art. Turkish - England - London - Exhibitions. Islamic art - Exhibitions. Turkey - Antiquities - Exhibitions. Turkish Art. Persia. Ottoman empire. Asia. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated. ISBN: 1903973570. Weight in Kg appr.:

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