Silver & Ceremony from South & Southeast Asia, 1830-1930

The Harish K. Patel Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art

AvKatherine Anne Paul,Katherine Anne Paul

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Silver elevates use, not onlyfor the diverse religious rituals of Southern Asia, but also consumption of andaccess to once-new items: photographs, mirrors, railways, and automobiles;newly invented or traded foods including tea, coffee, Indian pale ale, wines, dairyproducts, relishes, fruits and seasonings. Many of these items originated inSouthern Asia and were among the first tinned or bottled items to circulate inglobal markets.A discussion of Southern Asiansilver's artistry, functionality and cultural and economic soft power isaccompanied by a spectacular array of 130 suites of silver and 22 designdrawings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-06
Mått:240 x 280 x 24 mm
Vikt:1 532 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:D Giles Ltd
ISBN:9781913875909

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Antikviteter och samlarobjekt inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Tushara Bindu Gude is formerlyassociate curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at LACMA. Kimberly Mastelleris Jeanne McCray Beals Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, Nelson-AtkinsMuseum of Art. Katherine Anne Paul is lead curator and Virginia and William M.Spencer III Curator of Asian Art, Birmingham Museum of Art. Richard A. Pegg isthe director and curator of Asian Art for the MacLean Collection. Romita Ray is associate professor of Art Historyat Syracuse University. Laura C. Woodard is librarian and archivist, BirminghamMuseum of Art.

Innehållsförteckning

Director'sForeword; Chair's Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Making Modernity: Keysto a Century of Aspirations through Southern Asian Silver, 1830s-1930s byKatherine Anne Paul; Chapter 2 Stories of Silver: Interview with CollectorsHarish K. Patel and Veronica McDavid; Chapter 3 Silver for Ceremony by KimberlyMasteller; Chapter 4 Silver and Glory: A Consideration of Trophies, Sport, andColonialism in India by Tushara Bindu Gude; Chapter 5 Connecting CoffeeCultures of India with Birmingham: An Interview with Praveena Sundarraj; Chapter6 Tracing Tea Cultures in India: Antecedents and the Nineteenth Century by RomitaRay; Catalogue: Stories in Silver: Religious Arts; Aspirational Arts; SensorialArts; Revivalism in Silver Art; Appendix A Three Maps of India's Trade andInfrastructure from the Mid-Nineteenth to Early-Twentieth Century by Richard A.Pegg; Appendix B Timeline; Appendix C Designing Silver: Access for All in theArchives of the Birmingham Museum of Art by Laura C. Woodard; Appendix D SilversmithBiographies; Appendix E Glossary; Recommended Reading; Index; ContributorBiographies.