Title & Author:

Circa 1492 : art in the age of exploration / edited by Jay A. Levenson.

Publication:

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1991.

Description:

671 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalogue for a major quincentenary exhibition to be held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1991-January 12, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 654-670).
The realms of pride and awe / Daniel J. Boorstin -- Circa 1492 : history and art / Jay A. Levenson -- Observations and beliefs : the world of the Catalan atlas / Jean Michel Massing -- Portuguese navigation : its historical development / Luís de Albuquerque -- Spain in the age of exploration : crossroads of artistic cultures / Jonathan Brown -- Sculpture in Castile c. 1492 / J.J. Martín González -- The Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella / Richard Kagan -- The art of western Africa in the age of exploration / Ezio Bassani -- 'The gorgeous East' : trade and tribute in the Islamic empires / J. Michael Rogers -- Picturing the Levant / Julian Raby -- Maps and the rationalization of geographic space / David Woodward -- Tradition and innovation : Columbus' first voyage and Portuguese navigation in the fifteenth century / Francis Maddison.
The mean and measure of all things / Martin Kemp -- Michelangelo 1492 / Giulio Carlo Argan -- The quest for the exotic : Albrecht Dürer in the Netherlands / Jean Michael Massing -- Circa 1492 in Japan : Columbus and the legend of golden Cipangu / Martin Collcutt -- Art in Japan 1450-1550 / Sherman E. Lee -- The Kangnido : a Korean world map, 1402 / Gari Ledyard -- Korean painting of the early Chosŏn period / Sherman E. Lee -- China in the age of Columbus / F.W. Mote -- Art in China 1450-1550 / Sherman E. Lee -- Encounters with India : land of gold, spices, and matters spiritual / Stuart Cary Welch -- The Aztec empire : realm of the smoking mirror / Michael D. Coe -- The Aztec gods : how many? / Miguel Léon-Portilla -- The Taínos : principal inhabitants of Columbus' Indies / Irving Rouse and José Juan Arrom -- Early European images of America : the ethnographic approach / Jean Michel Massing.
Signs of division, symbols of unity : art in the Inka empire / Craig Morris -- The falcon and the serpent : life in the southeastern United States at the time of Columbus / James A. Brown -- Emblems of power in the chiefdoms of the new world / Warwick Bray -- A world united / J.H. Elliott.

Summary:

Catalogue for quincentenary exhibition examining the art and history of the principal cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean, eastern Asia, and the Americas.

ISBN:

0300051670
9780300051674
0300052170 (pbk.)
9780300052176 (pbk.)

Subject:

Art, Medieval Exhibitions.
Fifteenth century Exhibitions.
Art History 15th century Exhibitions.
Middle Ages in art.
Quinzième siècle Expositions.
Art médiéval Expositions.
Art 15e siècle Histoire Expositions.
Moyen Âge dans l'art.
Art
Art, Medieval
Fifteenth century
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Kunst.
Historia (Iniciacao)
Museus De Arte.
Art 15th century Exhibitions.
America
Discoveries (in geography)

Form/genre:

Exhibition
Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Levenson, Jay A., editor.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Circa fourteen ninety-two
Circa fourteen hundred ninety-two

Holdings:

Location: Library main 68862
Call No.: ID PLB EXHX; ID:91-B3925
Status: Available