Vintage 1992 De Goa A Lisboa Indo-Portuguese Art Catalog PB Illustrated Portugal

Decorative softcover wraps show light rubbing, a few small surface impressions, and minor edge and corner wear. Spine and binding are square and secure with no reading creases or loosened pages. Interior pages are clean, bright, and unmarked, with vivid color plates and no annotations or inscriptions.

Title: De Goa a Lisboa.

Subtitle: A arte indo-portuguesa dos séculos XVI a XVIII.

Authors: Maria Helena Mendes Pinto, João Paulo Oliveira e Costa, Jorge Borges de Macedo.

Format: Vintage illustrated paperback exhibition catalogue.

Publisher: Instituto Português de Museus, Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal.

Publication year: 1992.

Language: Portuguese; original language edition.

Genre/Topic: Indo-Portuguese art history, museum exhibition catalog, art and culture of the Portuguese empire in India.

Narrative type: Nonfiction scholarly catalogue with historical essays, object descriptions, and reference material.

Intended audience: Adult readers, researchers, and collectors interested in Indo-Portuguese art, colonial history, and museum studies.

Exhibition details: Produced for the exhibition on Indo-Portuguese art from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries at the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro in Coimbra, held from 29 de Junho to 30 de Outubro 1992, following its presentation for the Europália Portugal 91 festival in Brussels at Banque Bruxelles Lambert.

Physical details: Large square-format softcover with decorative cover art adapted from a gold and burgundy Indo-Portuguese textile, quality coated paper, and numerous full-page color and black-and-white plates alongside Portuguese text.

Contents overview: Includes sections such as Panorama histórico e artístico, O Padroado português e a obra missionária, and A rota do Oriente, followed by a detailed catalog of exhibited works featuring ivories, textiles, metalwork, wood sculpture, devotional objects, and other examples of Indo-Portuguese art, plus bibliography.

Special attributes: Vintage 1992 Portuguese museum publication on Indo-Portuguese art and material culture; no ISBN, UPC, or modern barcode present.

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