Silk Road East-West Cultural Exchange and Northern Grassland Art - Volume 1

Silk Road Cultural Exchange between East and West and the Art of the Northern Steppes is a six-volume series; this book is Volume 1. From multiple historical perspectives, it examines artistic cultures along the Silk Road and the mechanisms of East–West exchange, while surveying steppe art across Eurasia from the Bronze Age onward. Drawing on classical and modern texts and archaeological evidence, and combining historical inquiry with art-historical and iconographic analysis, it traces developments from painted pottery and early bronze cultures to the era of the Mongol Empire. The volume also clarifies key Silk Road concepts and reviews major interpretive approaches in art history, including monistic and pluralistic views. Richly illustrated, it analyzes ceramics, bronzes, metalwork, textiles, architecture, and sculpture across early China, Egypt, West Asia, the Aegean-Greek world, and the Roman-Byzantine tradition. Accessible yet rigorous, it serves scholars, teachers, students, and interested general readers.