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Category : Architecture, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Art and Architecture of Chinese Temples in California
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Architecture, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Three Chinese Temples in California
Author: Chuimei HoPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519517135
Category : Temples, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Remarkably, the three nineteenth-century Chinese temples featured in this book, all located in former gold-mining towns in Northern California, are unique on this continent in that they are in their original locations, with their original furnishings. Those furnishings-sacred images, gilded carvings, censers, ritual implements, and gold-embroidered textiles-are culturally interesting, colorful, and as high in artistic quality as those found in many Asian temples and art museums. Visit these beautifully furnished temples on the pages of the most authoritative book yet produced about the three oldest Chinese temples in the United States. Written for average readers and illustrated with over 150 color images, Three Chinese Temples in California provides unprecedented access to these important religious buildings. Based on familiarity with Chinese folk religion and on original research into English and Chinese language documents and inscriptions, many of them previously neglected, the book offers new, insightful views of Chinese American temples, religious art, and worship. The familiarity of authors Chuimei Ho and Bennet Bronson with Chinese temples in Asia and their knowledge of the specialized Chinese terms used in ritual inscriptions makes this volume a unique resource for anyone interested in American ethnic history, Asian culture, or exploring extraordinary places.
China and California
Author: University of California, Davis Art GalleryPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Chinese Temples in California
Author: Mariann Kaye WellsPublisher:
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Category : Buddhist temples
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Chinese Temples of Nevada City and Grass Valley, California, 1868-1938
Author: Wallace R. HagamanPublisher:
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Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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China and California
Author: University of California, Davis. Art DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Taoism and the Arts of China
Author: Stephen LittlePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Cave Temples of Dunhuang
Author: Neville AgnewPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606064894
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Mogao grottoes in northwestern China, located near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world’s most significant sites of Buddhist art. Preserved in some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi Desert are one thousand years of exquisite wall paintings and sculpture. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century, Mogao grew into an artistic and spiritual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. Among its treasures are 45,000 square meters of murals, more than 2,000 statues, and over 40,000 medieval silk paintings and illustrated manuscripts. This sumptuous catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which will run from May 7 through September 4, 2016, at the Getty Center. Organized by the Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Research Institute, Dunhuang Academy, and Dunhuang Foundation, the exhibition celebrates a decades-long collaboration between the GCI and the Dunhuang Academy to conserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. It presents, for the first time in North America, a collection of objects from the so-called Library Cave, including illustrated sutras, prayer books, and other exquisite treasures, as well as three full-scale, handpainted replica caves. This volume includes essays by leading scholars, an illustrated portfolio on the replica caves, and comprehensive entries on all objects in the exhibition.
Arts & Architecture
Author: Art and Architecture of China
Author: Shelia Hollihan-ElliotPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1422294447
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
China has a rich artistic tradition extending back thousands of years. Art and Architecture of China surveys the art treasures of this vibrant civilization, from ancient and imperial China to today's People's Republic. The arts of each era are interpreted in the context of the life, culture, and politics of that era, offering insights to their meaning and showing how China's artistic output has reflected the development of Chinese society and thought. Art forms studied include ancient bronze ritual vessels and jade; the Three Perfections (calligraphy, poetry, and brush painting); ceramics and porcelain; sculpture; decorative and folk art; and modern, Western-influenced painting. Traditional Chinese architecture and town planning is also explored, revealing key technologies and design principles. In addition, today's interplay between traditional architecture and cutting-edge modernism is examined.