Author: American Art Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Antique Chinese Art
Author: American Art Association
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Chinese Art
Author: Patricia Bjaaland Welch
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations, this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, religious beings, mortals and inanimate objects. The book thoroughly illuminates the origins, common usages and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery is an essential reference for collectors, museum-goers, guides, students and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations, this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, religious beings, mortals and inanimate objects. The book thoroughly illuminates the origins, common usages and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery is an essential reference for collectors, museum-goers, guides, students and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China.
Ancient Chinese Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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Collection of Antique Chinese Art
Author: O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries
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Languages : en
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The China Collectors
Author: Karl E. Meyer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137279761
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The untold and fascinating history of the unlikely artistic encounters between the US and China, the youngest and oldest of major powers
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137279761
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The untold and fascinating history of the unlikely artistic encounters between the US and China, the youngest and oldest of major powers
Things Chinese
Author: Ronald G. Knapp
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462908586
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
China's art objects and traditionally manufactured products have long been sought by collectors--from porcelains and silk fabrics to furniture and even the lacquered chopsticks that are a distant relation to ones found in most Chinese restaurants. Things Chinese presents sixty distinctive items that are typical of Chinese culture and together open a special window onto the people, history, and society of the world's largest nation. Many of the objects are collectibles, and each has a story to tell. The objects relate to six major areas of cultural life: the home, the personal, arts & crafts, eating & drinking, entertainment, and religious practice. They include items both familiar and unfamiliar--from snuff bottles and calligraphy scrolls to moon cake molds and Mao memorabilia. Ronald Knapp's evocative text describes the history, cultural significance, and customs relating to each object, while Michael Freeman's superb photographs illustrate them. Together, text and photographs offer a unique look at the material culture of China and the aesthetics that inform it.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462908586
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
China's art objects and traditionally manufactured products have long been sought by collectors--from porcelains and silk fabrics to furniture and even the lacquered chopsticks that are a distant relation to ones found in most Chinese restaurants. Things Chinese presents sixty distinctive items that are typical of Chinese culture and together open a special window onto the people, history, and society of the world's largest nation. Many of the objects are collectibles, and each has a story to tell. The objects relate to six major areas of cultural life: the home, the personal, arts & crafts, eating & drinking, entertainment, and religious practice. They include items both familiar and unfamiliar--from snuff bottles and calligraphy scrolls to moon cake molds and Mao memorabilia. Ronald Knapp's evocative text describes the history, cultural significance, and customs relating to each object, while Michael Freeman's superb photographs illustrate them. Together, text and photographs offer a unique look at the material culture of China and the aesthetics that inform it.
Kingfisher Blue
Author: Beverley Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580082617
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Many cultures around the world have used bird feathers as decorative accessories to denote status, wealth, and even royalty. Nowhere did this unusual art form reach greater popularity than in China, beginning a thousand years ago and continuing to this day. Using the kingfisher-with its uniquely iridescent range of ultramarine to bright turquoise-blue feathers-as their bird of choice, Chinese artisans created extraordinary objects, rendering the many-hued feathers with exquisite technique. The sheer breadth of these objects is staggering, from massive eight-foot-tall screens to tiny two-inch-long hair pins, from ornately ornamental lanterns to elegantly simple bird cages. Beverley Jackson has once again gathered an exceptional group of objects for study from great museums and private collections alike. Her lively, informative text and unique selection of historical photographs make KINGFISHER BLUE a coffee table book that reads like a novel. The first book-length treatment on this subject. With 150 full-color photographs throughout.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580082617
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Many cultures around the world have used bird feathers as decorative accessories to denote status, wealth, and even royalty. Nowhere did this unusual art form reach greater popularity than in China, beginning a thousand years ago and continuing to this day. Using the kingfisher-with its uniquely iridescent range of ultramarine to bright turquoise-blue feathers-as their bird of choice, Chinese artisans created extraordinary objects, rendering the many-hued feathers with exquisite technique. The sheer breadth of these objects is staggering, from massive eight-foot-tall screens to tiny two-inch-long hair pins, from ornately ornamental lanterns to elegantly simple bird cages. Beverley Jackson has once again gathered an exceptional group of objects for study from great museums and private collections alike. Her lively, informative text and unique selection of historical photographs make KINGFISHER BLUE a coffee table book that reads like a novel. The first book-length treatment on this subject. With 150 full-color photographs throughout.
Catalogue of Extraordinary Antique Chinese and Japanese Art Objects and a Remarkable Collection of Antique Chinese Rugs Collected by the Well Known-firm of Yamanaka & Company, New York: Japan: China
Author: Yamanaka & Company
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives
Author: Charles Alfred Speed Williams
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486233727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Describes historical, legendary, and supernatural persons, animals, and objects that recur as symbols in Oriental art and literature
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486233727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Describes historical, legendary, and supernatural persons, animals, and objects that recur as symbols in Oriental art and literature
Catalogue of Antique Chinese and Japanese Objects of Art ... Belonging to T. Idsumi ... to be Sold ... Feb. 8-10, 1906. The Sale Will be Conducted by Wm. B. Norman of the Fifth Ave. Auction Rooms
Author: T. Idsumi
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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