Author: J. J. Schedel
Publisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Jade art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Angus Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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A catalog illustrating 354 Chinese jades from the collection of Brian McElney, the Peony Collection and the Rannerdale Collection, this bilingual volume includes essays on the art of Chinese jade carving.

Author: Jessica Rawson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096251
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Examines the application of scientific methods to the study and conservation of art and cultural properties. This work addresses scientific topics of broad interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines and attracting up to 250 leadingresearchers in the field.

Author: S. Howard Hansford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Author: Ming Wilson
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Confucius (551-479 BC) praised jade as 'the embodiment of virtue'. Excavations in China since the 1970s have shed much light on the use and production of jade in neolithic and early dynastic periods. Excavated jade artefacts dating from the seventh to seventeenth centuries are rare, so it is particularly valuable that a number of specimens have been unearthed from tombs and pagoda foundations during the past two decades, thus allowing heirloom jades to be compared with these excavated examples and correctly dated. This book is a timely reassessment of what is known about Chinese jade, which has been a central element of Chinese material culture for an uninterrupted span of seven thousand years, and will appeal to collectors and newcomers to the subject alike.

Author: Jane Shuter
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781403487728
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Explains the origins, materials, and meaning of traditional art in China, and describes the development of painting, sculpture, calligraphy, architecture, and other media.

Author: Minghua Zhang
Publisher: LONG RIVER PRESS
ISBN: 9781592650118
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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History of Chinese jade and its use in art, jewelry, and ceremonial uses throughout history.

Author: Andrew Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789888552184
Category : Jade
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Jade is often thought of as something ancient and gathering dust in museums, but in China it is a vibrant part of modern life. More jade has been carved this century than in the rest of human history combined. For Chinese people, jade represents everything that is pure and noble, and Andrew Shaw gave up his life in England to embrace it, and became the only foreign master jade carver in China. Jade Life tells his story and also the story of jade itself. His description of the jade industry today provides insights into the hearts of Chinese people and also into how they have managed to turn a backwater state into a world superpower in less than three decades.

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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