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Mo Yan Shu Gao: Han Wei Kaogu Wenji [Collected Writings on Archaeology of Han Wei]
Science Press, 2001. A collection of 39 articles previously published by this Shaanxi archaeologist covering pre-Imperial Qin tombs, Tang gold and silver objects, Tang imperial tombs, the Famen Si reliquary deposits and more. Author: Han Wei. Title: Moyan shugao - Han Wei kaogu wenji [Moyan shugao - Collected Archaeological Writings..... More
Influence of Japanese Art on Design
Gibbs-Smith Publisher. During America's Gilded Age (dates), the country was swept by a mania for all things Japanese. It spread from coast to coast, enticed everyone from robber barons to street vendors with its allure, and touched every aspect of life from patent medicines to wallpaper. Americans of the time..... More
He Xiangyu
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
The Way of Taiko
Stone Bridge Press, 2013. "Packs a punch with gorgeous photographs, a brief history of taiko drumming, drums and accompanying instruments used in taiko, costumes, drumming techniques, and glossary. . . . A great introduction."—WorldMusicCentral.org Japanese taiko drumming, an ancient sacred harvest-time practice, has evolved into a form of mental..... More
Japanese Masterworks: Paintings from the Indianapolis Museum of Art (English and Japanese Edition)
Japanese Masterworks offers a survey of Japanese painting spanning 600 years (the 1300s to early 1900s) and including almost all of the major genres and styles. Especially important are paintings -- hanging scrolls and folding screens -- by many of the best-known artists of the Edo period (1615-1868). The..... More
Chinese Houses and Gardens
Edited by Shao Chang Lee
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
Delacroix
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
Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting
Phoenix Art Museum. More
A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection
文采卓然:潔蕊堂藏康熙盛世瓷
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
Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings
Jez Burrows opened the New Oxford American Dictionary and sat, mystified. Instead of the definition of "study" he was looking for, he found himself drawn to the strangely conspicuous, curiously melodramatic sentence that followed it: "He perched on the edge of the bed, a study in confusion and misery." It..... More
Make Trouble
2017. From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and all who seek happiness and success on their own terms. So what if you have talent? Then what? When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island..... More
Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting
Phoenix Art Museum, 1998. More
Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto
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
Book of Longing
Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing; his first book of poetry in more than twenty years; during his five-year stay at a Zen monastery on Southern California's Mount Baldy, and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. This dazzling collection is enhanced by the author's playful and provocative..... More
Collected Studies of the Shang Culture (2 Volumes) 商文化論集(上下 ) Shang Wenhua Lunji (2 Volumes)
7.25 x 10", 2 volumes, 767 pp., illustrated with line drawings, text in Chinese, paper, Beijing, 2003. More
考古发现与早期道教研究 Archaeological Discoveries and Early Daoist Religion
Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2007. More
From Heaven to Earth: Chinese Contemporary Painting
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
Bronzes Archaiques De Chine
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
The Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, 2002. This lavishly illustrated book catalogues for the first time more than 300 snuff bottles that make up one of the most impressive collections of snuff bottles in the United States. Imperial enamels, superb porcelains and glass, stunning agates and jades, as well as rare..... More
Visions of Fuji: Artists from the Floating World
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
寳袋 Takarabukuro (Treasure Bag): A Netsuke Artist Book
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2001. In 1974, Raymond Bushell, a passionate netsuke collector, was able to have a photocopy made of the original Takarabukuro (Treasure Bag), a notebook kept by the netsuke artist, Mitsuhiro Ohara (1810-1875), and carefully preserved by his family. In it, Mitsuhiro set down brief descriptions of..... More
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Cosmic Geometry
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