Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration

by Jay A. Levenson

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Catalogue for quincentenary exhibition examining the art and history of the principal cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean, eastern Asia, and the Americas.

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jwhenderson 2,951 reviews

More than 500 entries and 30 essays presenting the art of the Age of Exploration. Beyond Columbus and other explorers of the physical world this book considers the explosion in the world of ideas and the art created by those whose thought contributed to that explosion.

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