Article: Ten Grotenhuis, Elizabeth, ed. Along the silk road.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)

Univ. of Washington Press. 144p. illus. map. bibliog. index. c2002. 0-295-98182-2. $24.95. SA

This enchanting book is filled with the romance of an exotic place with a long, multicultural history. For many centuries, the Silk Road was the most cosmopolitan region of the world, thriving on the caravan trade that spread religions as well as silk and other goods throughout the area. The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sacklet Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution joined the Silk Road Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to produce this informative volume on Central Asian art and culture. The first chapter presents a ...

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