Author: Yutaka MinoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cizhou ware
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Freedom of Clay and Brush Through Seven Centuries in Northern China
Author: Yutaka MinoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cizhou ware
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
FREEDOM OF CLAY AND BRUSH THROUGH SEVEN CENTURIES IN NORTHERN CHINA.
Author: Yutaka MinoThe City of Blue and White
Author: Anne GerritsenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499953
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A compelling examination of the ultimate global commodity, blue and white porcelain, from kiln to consumers across the globe.
Embodying Xuanzang
Author: Benjamin BrosePublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824896386
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
"Xuanzang (600/602-664) was one of the most accomplished and consequential monks in the history of East Asian Buddhism. Celebrated for his sixteen-year pilgrimage from China to India, his transmission and translation of hundreds of Buddhist texts, and his training of a generation of masters in China, Korea, and Japan, Xuanzang's life and legacy are the stuff of legend. In the centuries after his death, stories of his epic adventures and extraordinary accomplishments circulated in texts, images, songs, and plays. These mythic accounts recast the erudite pilgrim, translator, and court cleric as a magical monk who traveled not between China and India but between heaven and earth. Beset by bloodthirsty demons, this deified version of Xuanzang navigates the perilous paths of the netherworld to reach a pure land in the west. His purpose is to acquire a cache of sacred scriptures with the power to safeguard the living and deliver the dead. Along the way, he is guided and protected by a mischievous monkey, a lazy pig, a demonic monk, and a dragon horse. This imaginative and compelling tale received its fullest and most influential treatment in the famous sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West. In this engaging exploration of the confluence of myth, narrative, and ritual, Benjamin Brose uncovers the hidden histories of Xuanzang's many afterlives. Beginning in the eleventh century and continuing to the present day, devotees have summoned Xuanzang and his band of misfit pilgrims to perform exorcisms, guide the spirits of the dead, and possess the bodies of insurgents. Embodying Xuanzang traces the postmortem travels of China's greatest pilgrim and reveals the narrative and performative roots of China's best-known novel"--
China Under Jurchen Rule
Author: Hoyt Cleveland TillmanPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438422180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This is the most extensive study of Chin dynasty history in any language. It demonstrates the importance of cultural developments in North China under the Chin (1115-1234).
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
Born of Earth and Fire
Author: Jason C. KuoPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Porcelain
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Issued in connection with the exhibition held Sept. 9-Nov. 8, 1992 at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Oriental Collection, Birmingham Museum of Art
Author: John H. SetoThe Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Author: Gordon CampbellPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195189485
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1277
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
Oriental Art Sales
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description