Tales Things Tell - Beate Fricke

Perspectives On Early Globalisms From Objects And Imagestales Things Tell Offers Perspectives On Histories Of Connectivity Between Africa, Asia, And Europe In The Period Before The Mongol Conquests Of The Thirteenth Century. Reflected In Objects And Materials Whose Circulation And Reception Defined Aesthetic, Economic, And Technological Networks That Existed Outside Established Political And Sectarian Boundaries, Many Of These Histories Are Not Documented In The Written Sources On Which Historians Usually Rely. Tales Things Tell Charts Bold Directions In Art History, Making A Compelling Case For The Archival Value Of Mobile Artifacts And Images In Reconstructing The Past.