Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea: Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societ...

Description: Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea: Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE [Hardcover] Andreeva, Petya Product Overview Numerous Iron Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian grassland, nomadic image-making was rooted in metonymically conveyed zoomorphic designs, creating an alternative ecological reality. The nomadic elite nucleus embraced this elaborate image system to construct collective memory in reluctant, diverse political alliances organised around shared geopolitical goals rather than ethnic ties. Largely known by the term animal style", this zoomorphic visual rhetoric became so ubiquitous across the Eurasian steppe network that it transcended border regions and reached the heartland of sedentary empires like China and Persia. This richly illustrated book shows how a shared fluency in animal- style design became a status-defining symbol and a bonding agent in opportunistic nomadic alliances, and was later adopted by their sedentary neighbours to showcase worldliness and control over the "Other". In this study of enormous geographical scope, the author raises broader questions about the place of nomadic societies in the art-historical canon. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Edinburgh University Press; 1st edition (March 31, 2024) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399528521 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 28 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #1,348,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #229 in Central Asia History #240 in Art History (Books) #264 in Asian History (Books) #229 in Central Asia History We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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