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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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”... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Beijing: Paragon Book Gallery, 2017. The Curator’s Handbook is the essential handbook for curators and curatorial students, mapping every stage of the process of putting on an exhibition, no matter how traditional the venue, from initial idea to final installation. Translated in Simplified Chinese for the first time, this definitive..... More
1991. Softcover. 8.5 x 11", 72 pp., 2 color and 16 b/w illustrations, text in Chinese, paper, Hong Kong, 1991. （o.p.; like new.). This volume provides a chronoligical biography of Zhang Mu, the painter who served the court since he was a teenager during the Wanli period of the Ming... More
Art Media Resources, Inc. 10.5 x 12", 196 pp., color frontispiece, 108 color plates, bibliography, index of names and words, list of plates, cloth, d.j., Chicago, 2004. Cosmology is one of the subjects that are dealt with already in the old Jaina treatises composed in Middle Indian languages. Transmitted by... More
Art Media Resources, Inc. Softcover. 6 x 9", reprint of the 1952 edition, frontispiece, 230 pp., 20 b/w plates, paper, Chicago, 2001. This is a long-awaited reprint of the major work first published in 1952. China's Dragon Robes is a scholarly survey of the dragon-patterned robes worn by nobles and... More
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... More
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... More
Endeavour. When picturing the infamous French Revolution most of us think of the guillotine, the mass execution, the terror. E.D. Bradby shows us the other side to the rebellion: the grand ideas. Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Bradby's portrayal of figures like Robespierre, who had come to be viewed as a butcher..... More
University of Chicago Press. 8.5 x 11", approx. 120 pp., text in English and Chinese, spiral bound, paper, Chicago, 1999. (near fine). Abstracts topics include: Temple and icons, ritual and perception New Archaeological Surveys of Regional sites Buddhist art in Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor Reading Caves Patronage and Artistic Choice. More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2019. hardbound with dust jacket; 265 pages with color photos. As multi-functional as they are artistically important, folding and standing screens assume a variety of roles unique to the cultures of East Asia. Frequently used in dwellings, temples, and tombs, East Asian screens have a rich... More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2019. Within the realm of Buddhist art, death is often portrayed not as the end but instead as a new beginning. Examining how pre-modern East Asians related to death as a broad concept is often just as impactful in the study of their culture and artwork... More
Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2017. Hardcover. 7.3 x 9.5", 2 vols., 520 pp., 1091 plates, text in Chinese and English, catalog of 112 pieces, bibliography, cloth, slipcase, Beijing, 2017. MQJ, abbreviated from Mu Qu Ju, is the name chosen by renowned scholar Wang Shixiang for this special Ming Furniture... More
Distanz, 2016. He Xiangyu (b. Dandong, Liaoning Province, 1986; lives and works in Beijing and Berlin) belongs to a new generation of Chinese conceptual artists who use a variety of media to articulate their cultural and social concerns. His ambitious and provocative works have quickly brought him international renown. In... More
Hastings House. 9.2 x 12.2", reprint of 1940 ed., xii, 148 pp., 260 b/w illustrations, cloth, New York, 1950. (o.p.; some wear to top/bottom spine and cover corners). More
Bellagio Press, 2014. Eugène Delacroix was highly influential in the 19th century Romanticism art movement and is considered by many art historians to be the most important of the Romantic painters. Delacroix is often attributed with refining Romanticism, not only aesthetically but philosophically, as his work influenced not only art..... More
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Jieruitang Publishing, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover, illustrated in color, text in English with introduction and chapter titles in Chinese. Kangxi era porcelains are vast in number and in range of style, reflecting the long and successful reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662–1722). These high-quality porcelains of great visual appeal and... More
Princeton University Art Museum, 2009. The art world is currently enthralled with contemporary Chinese art. This thoughtful book argues, however, that American audiences have been exposed only to a narrow range of what is available―with the majority of attention having been given to “avant-garde,” “experimental,” or politically charged art. Outside..... More
Distanz, 2011. China is undergoing rapid economic and sociocultural transformation. Between the euphoria of unchecked economic advancement, frenzied modernization, and the concomitant fear that the country’s identity will be lost, art charts new and individual paths. Ji Dachun (b. Nantong, China, 1968; lives and works in Beijing) has... More