Michael Backman: Art History & Material Culture
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Michael Backman: Art History & Material Culture
17 Michael Backman in Conversation about his favourite EVER book on Asian art: 'Court Arts of Indonesia'
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Michael Backman
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Season 1
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Episode 17
In this episode, Michael Backman is in conversation with Sarah Corbett, about the book 'Court Arts of Indonesia' by Helen Ibbitson Jessup. Published in 1990, it was one of the first books on Asia art Michael bought and it has remained his favourite ever since, despite now having a library of over thousand books on Asian art, culture & history. Listen to this Podcast to find out why he likes this book so much.
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