Beijing: Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016. 10.5 x 13", 7.5 kg，762 pp., color plates, texts in Chinese with English foreword and captions, hardcover. This book is an exhibition catalogue compiled by the Palace Museum in collaboration with National Museum New Delhi. Nine Indian museums and historical monuments, as well as...
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2018. 8.8 ×11.8", 1.5kg, xi, 294pp., color plates, text in Japanese with English greetings and list of works, paper cover. This catalogue is compiled by the Tokyo National Museum for the exhibition celebrating the 130th Anniversary of KOKKA and the 140th Anniversary of The Asahi Shimbun...
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2012. 8.2 x 11.6", 1.5kg，286pp., color plates, texts in Japanese with English forward and captions, paper cover. Gedatsu Shonin Jokei (1155-1213) was a Buddhist monk active in the early years of the Kamakura period. He strove to revive the percepts observed by Buddhist monks various historic...
Suntory Museum of Art, 2018. 8.8 x 11.6", 1.5kg ,267pp., color plates, texts in Japanese with English caption, paper cover. Kan’ei Culture was characterized by chic, elegant forms that can be symbolized by the Japanese term kirei, or lovely. These tastes combined with the classical revival of the day to...
Taipei: National Palace Museum Taipei, 2017. 8.2 x 11.6"，1.2kg，xxxii，179 pp., color plates, texts in Chinese with English foreword and captions, paper cover. This special exhibition features 35 works that serve as historical traces of the veneration for Confucianism since the Han dynasty. Divided into four sections: “Portraits of the Sage”...
Taipei: National Palace Museum Taipei, 2017. 8.2 × 11.6", 1.5kg, 239 pp., color plates, texts in Chinese and English, paper cover. This book is an exhibition catalogue compiled by the Palace Museum. The exhibition is divided into five parts to present the Qianlong emperor’s experience of appreciating art during his...
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2014. 8.2x 11.8", 1.5kg ,326pp., color plates, texts in Japanese with English caption, paper cover. Daigoji temple has played a prominent role on the historic stage as a leading institution in the Shingon tradition of esoteric Buddhism since its inception in 874 (Jogan 16). Much...
Beijing: Cultural Relics Press, 2014. 9.5 x 12", 2.5 kg，315 pp., color plates, texts in Chinese with English captions and foreword, cloth cover. This beautifully illustrated catalog gives an overview of cultural relics excavated and found in major harbor cities and shipwrecks along the maritime silk route. The second part...
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2016. First Edition. This recent publication of (a private collection on) Chinese bronze censers of the Ming and Qing dynasties is the most comprehensive in its field. It took 14 years to establish this exceptional collection and the selected 72 exceptional pieces are artistically presented...
Chinese Art Auction Records, 2018. 6.75 x 9.25", approx. 500 pp., more than 500 color illustrations, text in English and Chinese, paper, Taipei, 2018. This volume compiles year 2017 auction results from auction houses around the world, including Christie's (worldwide), Sotheby's (worldwide), China Guardian, Bonhams & Butterfield, among others. Divided...
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2019. hardbound with dust jacket; 265 pages with color photos. ***PRE-PUBLICATION SALE! Order now to receive 20% off. Expected availability date is June 2019*** As multi-functional as they are artistically important, folding and standing screens assume a variety of roles unique to the cultures...
Kyoto: Kyoto National Museum, 2017. 9 x 12", xii, 348 pp., 76 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, foreword, section introduction and list of works in English, paper, Kyoto, 2017. Kaiho Yusho is renowned as one of the most eminent painters of...
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2017. 8.3 x 11.6", 152 pp., 58 select items illustrated in color, some with multiple views, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, paper, Nara, 2017. This exhibition presents 58 treasures in total: 10 from the North Section, 25 from the Middle Section, and 20 from the...
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2017. 8.9 x 11.9", 264 pp., 88 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some with multiple views, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, introduction and list of works in English, paper, Nara, 2017. Kaikei has long been recognized as one of the most representative...
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2016. 8.6x 11.6", 248 pp., 78 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some with multiple views, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, introduction/greetings and list of works in English, paper, Nara, 2016. Shigasan Chogosonshiji Temple is said to have been built by Shotoku Taishi...
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2013. 8.6 x 11", 351 pp., 159 select items illustrated in color, some with multiple views, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, foreword and list of works in English, paper, Nara, 2013. Taimadera, a Buddhist temple situated at the eastern foot of the mountain Nijozan, is...
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2017. 8 x 11.9", xvi, 417 pp., 259 works illustrated in multiple color plates, text in Japanese with a preface and list of works in English, paper, Tokyo, 2017. This fabulous catalog presents an overview of the arts both selected and created in Japan in the...
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2018. 8.8 x 11.6", 1.5kg，308pp., xiv, color plates, texts in Japanese with English caption, paper cover. Ninanji Temple has been endowed with an exceptional collection of temple treasures by maintaining its deep ties with the successive generations of emperors since Ninna period. This exhibition catalogue presents...
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2017. 9 x 12", vi, 315 pp., 37 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some with multiple views, a large number of b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, foreword and list of works in English, paper, Tokyo, 2017. Unkei was the creator of numerous realistic...
Sylph Editions, 2017. Limited edition of 300. Crags and Ravines Make a Marvellous View is a groundbreaking art publication exploring classical Chinese culture through an extraordinary scroll painting, Ten Views of a Lingbi Rock, by the 17th-century master Wu Bin. The special collector’s edition, limited to 300 numbered copies...
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...
2018. 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 a format that emphasizes...
Ai Weiweis work is characterised by its union between opposing paradigms of creation: the Western avant-garde art, comprising the radical destruction of tradition and break with the past to create space for new thinking, and the classical Chinese approach, which upholds tradition and therefore artistic creation as a continuous process...
2016. Softcover. Folding fans became quite fashionable in the Ming and Qing dynasties, representing a development on round silk fans previously popular in the Song and Yuan dynasties. The folding fan actually originated in Japan, and though a few were imported into China during the Song and Yuan period, this...
