Anatolia : home of eternity / Marc Waelkens (ed.).
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TextPublisher: Tielt, Belgium Lannoo, 2015Copyright date: 2015Description: 239 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789401430043; 9401430047Subject(s): Art, Turkish -- Exhibitions | Art objects -- Turkey -- Exhibitions | Art turc -- Expositions | Antiquities | Art objects | Art, Turkish | Turkey -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions | Turquie -- Antiquites -- Expositions | TurkeyGenre/Form: Exhibition catalogs.Summary: Anatolia: Home of Eternity' is the catalogue that accompanies the main exhibition at Europalia Arts Festival, Turkey. It looks at the heart of Turkish culture and illustrates masterpieces brought together from museums from all over Turkey. Turkish culture is characterised by rituals and religion. On the basis of about 200 objects - archaeological finds, miniatures, sculptures, textile, items in gold, etc. - this book provides a unique glimpse at the diversity of that culture - and of a country that has always been used as bridge between Europe and Asia. The masterpieces are borrowed from prestigious collections, such as the Topkapi Palace Museum, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.
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"This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Anatolia. Home of Eternity' BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels 7 October 2015 - 17 January 2016."--Title page verso.
Anatolia: Home of Eternity' is the catalogue that accompanies the main exhibition at Europalia Arts Festival, Turkey. It looks at the heart of Turkish culture and illustrates masterpieces brought together from museums from all over Turkey. Turkish culture is characterised by rituals and religion. On the basis of about 200 objects - archaeological finds, miniatures, sculptures, textile, items in gold, etc. - this book provides a unique glimpse at the diversity of that culture - and of a country that has always been used as bridge between Europe and Asia. The masterpieces are borrowed from prestigious collections, such as the Topkapi Palace Museum, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.