Author: Louis MoreriPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415200462
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Great Historical Geographical and Poetical Dictionary
Author: Louis MoreriPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415200462
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Très belles gravures des 18e et 19e siècles ou jolies petites gravures de forme ronde, objets d'art et d'ameublement anciens... sièges et meubles... composant la collection de Mme R...
Author: The Daguerreotype
Author: Dominique de Font-RéaulxPublisher: 5Continents
ISBN: 9788874394661
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.
The French Academy
Author: June Ellen HargrovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The essays in this volume grew out of a symposium at the University of Maryland's Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore.
Entering the Dharmadh?tu
Author: Jan FonteinPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004211225
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavy?ha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.
Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux gravures, meubles et objets d'art anciens et modernes provenant du cabinet de feu monsieur Gaudry-Vanlul...
Author: Possessing the Past
Author: 國立故宮博物院Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0810964945
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
Author: Nathan ChaïkinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Sculpture of Indonesia
Author: Jan FonteinPublisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Shows bells, lamps, vases, statuettes, and water vessels created between the eighth and fifteenth centuries.
The Law of Cause and Effect in Ancient Java
Author: Jan FonteinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Paperback. This volume contains an English translation of the Mah&a ̄karmavibhanga, based upon a Chinese translation by Gautama Dharmaprajna of 582 A.D. The contents of the Mah&a ̄karmavibhanga have been illustrated on the reliefs of the hidden base of Candi Borobudur (Central Java, 9th Century A.D.) and the Chinese text contains many variae lectiones which help to clarify the intent of the sculptors. Chapter 3 re-examines the characteristics of the text and the manner in which the themes have been laid out on the walls. Chapter 4 deals with the language of gestures, as seen at Borobudur.This is the first work in English to deal with the identification of the reliefs. It contains many new identifications which provide an insight into the methods of illustration adopted by the sculptors. Contrary to the generally accepted view, neither the text nor the reliefs emphasize bad behavior resulting in negative karma; instead it deals with negative and po