Beyond the Silk Road
Subtitle: Arts of Central Asia
Contributors: Powerhouse Museum (Corporate Author)
Edition: Ill edition
Publisher: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781863170697
Subjects: Base metal & ironworking; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; Oriental art; Prints & printmaking; Textile arts; Sydney (N.S.W.); Australia; Art & Art Instruction; Powerhouse Museum; Art; Central Asia; Decorative arts; Asian; Asia, Central; Decorative arts, Islamic; Exhibitions
First sentence: Geographically, Central Asia consists of a great sweep of plain-running from Pacific Ocean Siberia to the plains of central Europe-split and walled by mountain chains, and edged with tundra and desert.