Author: Sotheby's (Firm)
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Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art, Paintings and Furniture, Including China Trade Paintings
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)
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Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Publisher:
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Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Arts of Asia
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Peking
Author: Susan Naquin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520923454
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's varied public arenas, the city's transformation over five centuries, its human engagements, and its rich cultural imprint. This study shows how modern Beijing's glittering image as China's great and ancient capital came into being and reveals the shifting identities of a much more complex past, one whose rich social and cultural history Naquin splendidly evokes. Temples, by providing a place where diverse groups could gather without the imprimatur of family or state, made possible a surprising assortment of community-building and identity-defining activities. By revealing how religious establishments of all kinds were used for fairs, markets, charity, tourism, politics, and leisured sociability, Naquin shows their decisive impact on Peking and, at the same time, illuminates their little-appreciated role in Chinese cities generally. Lacking most of the conventional sources for urban history, she has relied particularly on a trove of commemorative inscriptions that express ideas about the relationship between human beings and gods, about community service and public responsibility, about remembering and being remembered. The result is a book that will be essential reading in the field of Chinese studies for years to come.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520923454
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's varied public arenas, the city's transformation over five centuries, its human engagements, and its rich cultural imprint. This study shows how modern Beijing's glittering image as China's great and ancient capital came into being and reveals the shifting identities of a much more complex past, one whose rich social and cultural history Naquin splendidly evokes. Temples, by providing a place where diverse groups could gather without the imprimatur of family or state, made possible a surprising assortment of community-building and identity-defining activities. By revealing how religious establishments of all kinds were used for fairs, markets, charity, tourism, politics, and leisured sociability, Naquin shows their decisive impact on Peking and, at the same time, illuminates their little-appreciated role in Chinese cities generally. Lacking most of the conventional sources for urban history, she has relied particularly on a trove of commemorative inscriptions that express ideas about the relationship between human beings and gods, about community service and public responsibility, about remembering and being remembered. The result is a book that will be essential reading in the field of Chinese studies for years to come.
Index of Art Sales Catalogs 1981-1985: Main index, October 7, 1984-December 23, 1985. Subject index
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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New York Magazine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Catalogues of Sales
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Good Furniture & Decoration
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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The Decorative Arts of the China Trade
Author: Carl L. Crossman
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Discusses furniture silver laqcuerware ivory figures fans and wall-paper.
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Discusses furniture silver laqcuerware ivory figures fans and wall-paper.
Oriental Art Sales
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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Publisher:
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Category : Art, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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