Empires Beyond the Great Wall

by Adam T. Kessler

Book Overview

This attractive volume, which celebrates the heritage of Genghis Khan, accompanied a tour of archaeological treasures from Inner Mongolia across North America between 1994 and 1995 which was organised by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The volume publishes photographs of artefacts and works of art which date from the Palaolithic and the first dynasties of the 3rd and 2nd millenna BC to the Qing Dynasty of the post-medieval era and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938644335
• ISBN13: 9780938644330
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Lao's review

Although this catalog does not all of the best pieces from the exhibit (most notably absent are the yurts and archery equipment), it does have a good selection of maps ans supporting text for the items that are included. Broken down by time period rather than by object (which for the Nomads of Eurasia and Son of Heaven catalogs proved to be a more useful format) it is nonetheless valuable for its coverage of pieces that have not shown up in any other museum exhibit.

Incredibly insightful!

Thank you for such a wonderfully insightful, beautiful book! It has enhanced my knowledge tremendously of the time period, and is a wonderful addition to my library. I found it to be intelligently written, engaging to the reader, written with a great deal of passion and knowledge. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a love of the arts. Hopefully, the show this was based on might tour again in the future as I would love the opportunity to view these extraordinary pieces described in the book first hand. Thank you again.

Stunning exhibition of little-known Asian art

Opens up an array of artworks known to few in the West (or the East, for that matter), since North-Asian tribal cultures have long been rather stigmatized. Lovingly photographed, with quite breathtaking color reproduction. Informative text. A truly exciting introduction to the arts and archaeological finds of the Asian steppes and "frontier" areas.