ISBN: 9789814068673
Asian Civilsations Museum
Hard back: 432 pages
S$35.00 |
Asian
Civilisations Museum A-Z guide (2nd Edition)
The Asian Civilisations Museum was founded to cultivate awareness
of the rich heritage of the ancestral cultures of Singapore, located
as it is at the crossroads of Asia. The Museum’s wide ranging
collections include Islamic, South Asian and Chinese artifacts as
well as those from the surrounding Southeast Asia region.
This bestselling and updated A-Z guide includes the highlights of
the Museum’s collection from some 5,000 years of history in
Asia, in a wide range of cultural categories including fine art,
ethnography, archaeology, as well as the living traditions of the
arts and culture of Asia. Concise descriptions and interpretations
of the museum’s permanent collection are shown together with
chronological tables, a glossary and a bibliography of important
references. This A-Z Guide presents a clear and accessible introduction
to Asian culture as well as a guide to one of the most exciting
new museum collections in Asia. |
