Oriental Art
"Japan Envisions the West"16th-19th Century Japanese Art From Kobe City Museum
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Considers how Japan encountered the West and learned about and adopted their arts, culture, and science, and how the West discovered Japanese arts and culture. This book also features works of art from the Kobe City Museum, whose collection focuses on Western-style Japanese art created between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. With 105 illustrations, 80 in colour, maps. Hardback, 216 pages. Size: 312 x 239 mm. Weight: 1521g.
Author: (Shirahara, Yukiko, ed.)
ISBN: 0295987405
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Oriental Art
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"Japanese Crest Design"
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Traditional Japanese crest designs from the middle-ages to present day. With 200 colour illustrations. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 505g.
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ISBN: 4894444690
Publisher: Pie Books
Date: 2006 (Japan)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Oriental Art
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"Landscapes Clear and Radiant"The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)
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"Metropolitan Museum of Art" series; Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late seventeenth-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. This study of the painter's career features essays examining his life and achievements. With 125 black & white illustrations + 160 colour images. Hardback, 272 pages. Size: 305 x 229 mm. Weight: 1585g.
Author: (Hearn, Maxwell K., ed.)
ISBN: 0300141440
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Oriental Art
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"Material Choices"Refashioning Bast and Leaf Fibers in Asia and the Pacific
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"Textile" series; Presents eight essays documenting the state of bast and leaf fibre weaving traditions in Vietnam, Borneo, Korea, Burma, Okinawa, the Philippines, Japan, and Micronesia. This book examines processes that have nurtured or buffeted attempts to preserve or revive the production of these textiles. It is illustrated with colour photographs. With 204 colour illustrations, 8 maps. Paperback, 188 pages. Size: 300 x 232 mm. Weight: 967g.
Author: (Hamilton, Roy W., ed.)
ISBN: 0974872989
Publisher: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Oriental Art
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"New Songs on Ancient Tunes"19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy From the Richard Fabian Collection
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Presents a selection of Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the turbulent century between 1850 and 1950. This book explores the influence of Chinese archaeology on late Qing dynasty calligraphy and in turn, the influence of styles of calligraphy on painting. With 425 colour illustrations, maps. Hardback, 536 pages. Size: 313 x 246 mm. Weight: 4433g.
Author: (Little, Stephen, ed.)
ISBN: 0937426792
Publisher: Honolulu Academy of the Arts,Us
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Oriental Art
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"Persistence/ Transformation"Text as Image in the Art of Xu Bing
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The calligrapher and book artist Xu Bing has been called the innovative Chinese artist of our time. This volume presents the multidisciplinary study of Xu Bing's art and its intellectual implications. It includes an account by Xu Bing of his own work, as well as essays by leading scholars in a number of different fields. With 60 halftones.. Paperback, 104 pages. Size: 254 x 152 mm. Weight: 457g.
Author: (Silbergeld, Jerome, ed.)
ISBN: 0691125325
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Oriental Art
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"Tiny Folio of Japanese Prints"
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Paperback, Size: 116 x 106 mm. Weight: 284g.
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ISBN: 0789206137
Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Date: 1995 (Usa)
Readership: General Oriental Art
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"A Tradition Redefined"Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings From the Chu-Tsing Li Collection, 1950-2000
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"Harvard University Art Museums" series; Drawn from the Chu-tsing Li collection of modern and contemporary Chinese paintings, the finest and most comprehensive of its kind in the West, this is an exploration of the development of Chinese ink painting. It is suitable for scholars and collectors of Asian art as well as for participants in the increasingly globalized contemporary art scene. With 131 colour illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 279 x 216 mm. Weight: 1076g.
Author: (Mowry, Robert D., ed.)
ISBN: 0300126727
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Oriental Art
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"Islamic Ceramics"
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"Ashmolean Handbooks" series; Part of a series designed to provide an introduction for the general reader and a compact guide for the expert. This is a study of Islamic ceramics from 9th-century lustre-ware, 16th- and 17th-century blue & white to 17th-century Gombroon Ware. The pieces included are mainly from Turkey and Iran. With 48 colour and 14 b&w plates. Hardback, 80 pages. Size: 220 x 155 mm. Weight: 330g.
Author: Allan, James W.
ISBN: 1854440225
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1991 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Oriental Art
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"Pearls of the Orient"Asian Treasures From the Wellcome Library
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With colour illustrations. Hardback, 216 pages. Size: 303 x 220 mm. Weight: 1500g.
Author: Allan, Nigel
ISBN: 0906026601
Publisher: Serindia Publications
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Oriental Art
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"The Arts of Kashmir"
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A magisterial survey by a leading authority on the artistic achievements of the Kashmiri culture. With 269 colour. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 270 x 210 mm. Weight: 1173g.
Author: Ames, Frank Digby, Simon Siudmak, John Larson, Gerald James (Pal, Pratapaditya, ed.)
ISBN: 887439408X
Publisher: Five Continents Editions,Italy
Date: 2008 (Italy)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Oriental Art
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"Flames of Devotion"Oil Lamps From South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas
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Focuses on 106 metal lamps originating from throughout South and Southeast Asia. While examining the historical importance of the lamp, this work emphasizes that as altar and tool, icon and fine sculpture, it is an evocative reminder of an undying devotion forged with the most common yet enigmatic of materials: metal and fire. With 91 colour photographs. Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 252 x 206 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Anderson, Sean
ISBN: 0974872938
Publisher: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Oriental Art
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"The Ornamental Arts of Japan"
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With 60 plates colour illustrations. Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 279 x 204 mm. Weight: 228g.
Author: Audsley, George Ashdown
ISBN: 0486465497
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Oriental Art
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"Artisans in Early Imperial China"
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Explores the artisans' lives and careers from various aspects. This book examines their position within early Chinese society, analyzing their social status, social mobility, and role in the early Chinese economy. It describes how they were trained, what tools they used, and what workplace hazards they faced. With 111 illustrations, 44 in colour, maps, glossary. Hardback, 400 pages. Size: 262 x 188 mm. Weight: 1455g.
Author: Barbieri-Low, Anthony J.
ISBN: 0295987138
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Oriental Art
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"Hokusai, First Manga Master"
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Hokusai's Mangas constitute a comprehensive visual encyclopaedia of the Japanese civilization in the XIXth Century. He also depicts the Japanese landscape: wildlife, vegetation, mountains, countryside, seaside, the changes of weather, architecture as well as religious and mythological themes. With cl64 / bw / tt64 illustrations, cl / bw / tt photographs. Hardback, 80 pages. Size: 241 x 152 mm. Weight: 446g.
Author: Bouillard, Jocelyn
ISBN: 0810993414
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Oriental Art
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