This is an account of the visual arts of Asia, from the Indus River to Japan and Java, between the fifth millennium BC and AD 1850. This comprehensive fifth edition includes astonishing recent archaeological discoveries. Each chapter begins with a concise historical introduction providing a political and social setting for artistic process and ...
An exquisite presentation of unique sketchbooks by the great Japanese master Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858). While Hiroshige's splendid woodblock prints, in particular his Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, are among the most widely reproduced and best-loved prints in Japanese history, his sketches have rarely been circulated or seen. The ...
Four thousand years of Asian art are represented in this introduction to examples of bronzes, ceramics, statuary, textiles and paintings. The Asia Society's Mr and Mrs John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art is known to connoisseurs as a select group of masterpieces.
A retrospective, containing over 250 objects from 17 regions in China, of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the mid-19th century. Over 400 illustrations, along with scholarly essays, document jade objects, ceramics, calligraphy, textiles, and other works. An accompanying catalog to a monumental 1998 exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum, New ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Seattle Art Museum
Description: Color, B/w Illustrations. Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall (oblong) Used VG in stapled wraps. Introduction by Sherman Lee. Essay by Henry Trubner deals with Early History of the Collection and Aspects of the Collection. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Date Published: 1111
Description: Poor. No date. Good breakdown copy. Boards are heavily worn, cloth tape on spine. Ex-library with typical marks. Light rubbing to corners of pages, else illustrations are very good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design Inventory No: 006326. read more
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