Title on Photograph: CENTRAL ASIA, 500 BC-AD 600. TRADE AND ART PRODUCTION.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 2, PAGE 83.
Comments on Subject: TRADE ROUTES AND RELIGIOUS ART. KNOWN AS THE 'CROSSROADS OF ASIA' CENTRAL ASIA HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS FROM EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS MAP SHOWS THE SPREAD OF KUSHAN OR GANDHARAN ART AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SILK ROAD AND OTHER TRADING ROUTES ACROSS CENTRAL ASIA. THE REGION HAS ALWAYS DEVELOPED ITS OWN UNIQUE ARTISTIC TRADITION, DRAWING ON THE MANY STYLES CONVERGING THERE.
Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
Bibliography: ATLAS OF WORLD ART
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