Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting
Phoenix Art Museum, 1998. More
Phoenix Art Museum, 1998. More
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2013. In the 1930s the history of Japanese photography evolved in two very different directions: one toward documentary photography, the other favoring an experimental, or avant-garde, approach strongly influenced by Western Surrealism. This book explores these two strains of modern Japanese photography through the work of..... More
Damiani, 2008. Hardcover. A distinguishing characteristic of contemporary Chinese art is a fusion between traditional Asian forms and references to Western art and pop culture. From Heaven to Earth features the work of 16 Chinese painters who exemplify this amalgam--Feng Zhengjie, Fu Hong, He Sen, Li Dafang, Li Songsong, Ma..... More
The Guimet Museum, one of the most complete collections of Asiatic art, has been in existence for more than a century. It includes, among other things, the rich reserves from the Louvre Museum. However, never has so ambitious a project as the establishment of a general catalogue been undertaken. The..... More
Flame Tree Publishing, 2016. Mount Fuji has been a source of inspiration and awe since ancient times, and artists have been reproducing its likeness since at least the 14th century, as it became a key motif in all aspects of Japanese culture. The 19th century Ukiyo-e woodblock prints of important..... More
Born in 1924 in the ancient Persian city of Qazvin, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian spent her childhood in a grand old house replete with stained glass, wall paintings and nightingales. Coming of age during World War II, she left occupied Iran and audaciously set out for New York, where she was..... More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2007. In this ground breaking book the career and work of contemporary woodblock print artist Paul Binnie (1967-present) is presented. Binnie's complete Japanese prints are illustrated in colour and many other reference photographs are provided as well, ensuring that the reader is given an insight into..... More
Clark Art Institute, 2011. The conditions of alienation and exclusion are inextricably linked to the experience of the migrant. This ground-breaking volume explores both the increasing emergence of the theme of migration as a dominant subject matter in art as well as the ways in which the varied mobilities of..... More
Floating World Editions, 2006. Although the Japanese belt ornaments known as netsuke have long been popular with collectors and much written about, the Chinese toggles which preceded them have gone little noticed. Professor Cammann's long out of print work was the first book in any Western language to discuss them..... More
In December 1922, the 14th Annual Exhibition of the lndian Society of Oriental Art was held in Calcutta. Drawing a huge crowd from Calcutta’s lively cultural milieu and its high society, the exhibition was divided into two sections: contemporary art from the Bengal school-- Nandalal Bose, Sunayani Devi, and Abanindranath..... More
What does it mean to be a designer in today's corporate-driven, overbranded global consumer culture? Citizen Designer, attempts to answer this question with more than seventy debate-stirring essays and interviews espousing viewpoints ranging from the cultural and the political to the professional and the social. This new edition contains a...... More
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Insight Editions, 2012. The Monkey King: 72 Transformations of the Mythical Hero collects the work of 72 artists from around the world. The result is a stunning collection of different interpretations, styles, and media. The Monkey King: 72 Transformations of the Mythical Hero collects the work of 72 artists..... More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2019. Essays in Chinese on feminine space. According to Wu Hung, feminine space denotes an actual or imaginary space, which is perceived and represented as a woman. A feminine space is a spatial entity — an artificial world comprised of landscape, vegetation, architecture, atmosphere, climate, color..... More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2016. Cloth. About this Series Consisting of three volumes, On Chinese Art features 56 essays (presented as chapters) written by the art historian Wu Hung after he moved to the United States in the 1980s. Selected by the author himself, these essays have been organized in..... More
Chronicle Books. Yoko Ono created An Invisible Flower when she was just nineteen years old, at the very start of her artistic career. Recently rediscovered in her archive by her son, Sean Lennon, who also provides a foreword, this jewel of a book tells the heartwarming story of the invisible..... More
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. This catalog of the museum's renowned collection of Chinese art by an emeritus curator features color images of stunning works in every genre from calligraphy to Buddhist sculpture, and in materials from bronze to jade. Includes a 5,000-year chronology and a map. More