Silvia Vesco

Silvia Vesco is Professor of Japanese Art and Archaeology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. She holds a Master's degree from SOAS, University of London, and a joint Italian-Japanese PhD, and has curated major exhibitions of Japanese art in Italy and Japan.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese Decorated Tombs

ed. Silvia Vesco

This book examines one of ancient Japan’s most distinctive art forms: decorated burial chambers from the 4th to 8th centuries AD. Bringing together archaeological, art historical and digital approaches, it explores their origins, symbolism, regional spread and connections with wider East Asian funerary traditions. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00

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