Transcending Patterns. Silk Road Cultural and Artistic Interactions through Central Asian Textile Images, Paperback - Mariachiara Gasparini

Investigates the origin and effects of a textile-mediated visual culture that developed at the heart of the Silk Road between the seventh and fourt...

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Whilst attending university, Herman is selected to lead a group of unlikely candidates on an expedition to retrace the Silk Road journey of Marco P...

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