Tsars and the east, the: gifts from turkey and iran in the moscow kremlin
Éditeur :
Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN :
9780500514979
Date de publication :
5 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
29,2 x 25,3 cm
Poids :
1450 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Accompanying the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. It explores the reasons why these extraordinary gifts were presented, their artistic and cultural impact.