Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Catalogues of Japanese Works of Art and Colour Prints
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Lacquerware in Asia, Today and Yesterday
Author: Monika Kopplin
Publisher: Unesco
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Dating back several thousand years, the art of lacquer is one of the most ancient expressions of Asian culture, and this publication provides an overview of the different kinds of methods and materials used in Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The number of people employed in this ancestral art has fallen dramatically throughout Asia in recent decades, and this book considers the challenges to its survival as well as highlighting the importance of documenting past and modern procedures.
Publisher: Unesco
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Dating back several thousand years, the art of lacquer is one of the most ancient expressions of Asian culture, and this publication provides an overview of the different kinds of methods and materials used in Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The number of people employed in this ancestral art has fallen dramatically throughout Asia in recent decades, and this book considers the challenges to its survival as well as highlighting the importance of documenting past and modern procedures.
Netsuke Masks
Author: Raymond Bushell
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780834803411
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Netsuke are small toggles or buckles carved from wood or ivory. The Japanese in the seventeenth century used them to fasten pouches to their kimono belt, since kimonos had no pockets. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader on an exciting tour of one type of netsuke—those carved to look like the masks used by stage actors.
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780834803411
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Netsuke are small toggles or buckles carved from wood or ivory. The Japanese in the seventeenth century used them to fasten pouches to their kimono belt, since kimonos had no pockets. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader on an exciting tour of one type of netsuke—those carved to look like the masks used by stage actors.
Netsuke
Author: Madeline R. Tollner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258485023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258485023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Pleasures of Collecting
Author: Gardner Callahan Teall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Legend in Japanese Art
An Artist's Letters from Japan
Author: John La Farge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Living Masters of Netsuke
Author: Miriam Kinsey
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Japanese Art
Author: Joan Stanley-Baker
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Traces the history of Japanese painting, calligraphy, architecture, sculpture, and other arts from the prehistoric period to modern times.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Traces the history of Japanese painting, calligraphy, architecture, sculpture, and other arts from the prehistoric period to modern times.
Christianity in Asia
Author: Pedro de Moura Carvalho
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789810996857
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition, Christianity in Asia: sacred art and visual splendour, presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from 27 May to 11 September 2016"--Title page verso.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789810996857
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition, Christianity in Asia: sacred art and visual splendour, presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from 27 May to 11 September 2016"--Title page verso.