Author: T. VolkerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004545301
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Animal in Far Eastern Art and Especially in the Art of the Japanese Netsuke, with References to Chinese Origins, Traditions, Legends, and Art
Author: T. VolkerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004545301
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Animal in Far Eastern Art
Author: T. VolkerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004042957
Category : Animals in art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Animals in Far Eastern Art
Author: Katarzyna MaleszkoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals in art
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Early Art of the Northern Far East
Author: Margarita Aleksandrovna Kirʹi︠a︡kPublisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A History of Far Eastern Art
Author: Sherman E. LeePublisher:
ISBN: 9780500237342
Category : Art, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
This is an account of the visual arts of Asia, from the Indus River to Japan and Java, between the fifth millennium BC and AD 1850. This comprehensive fifth edition includes astonishing recent archaeological discoveries. Each chapter begins with a concise historical introduction providing a political and social setting for artistic process and development. The discussions are chronologically structured and cover various mediums, including sculpture and architecture in India and Southeast Asia, painting and ceramics in China and Korea, painting and decorative arts in Japan, and sculpture in religious art everywhere. A general bibliography lists all major works and periodicals in the field, followed by expanded and specialized bibliographies for each chapter. Revised chronologies, maps, a detailed index and a pronunciation guide for the Indian, Japanese, and Chinese names and terms assist the reader. This is an integrated general introduction to its field, and a basic reference work for students.
Fox
Author: Martin WallenPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894929
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
We know very little about the fox and its habits—and our ignorance, Martin Wallen argues, is rooted in the fox’s bad reputation. Lowly, sly, and classified as vermin, foxes raid henhouses and garbage bins, spread disease, and injure domestic pets. At the same time, foxes are often considered beautiful, mysterious, and even oddly human. This book is the first to fully explore the fox as the object of both derision and fascination, from the forests of North America to the deserts of Africa to the Arctic tundra. Whether portrayed as an unrepentant thief, a shape-shifter, or an outlaw, the fox’s primary purpose in literature, Wallen demonstrates, is to disrupt human order. In Chinese folklore, for example, the fox becomes a cunning mistress, luring human men away from their wives. Wallen also discusses the numerous ways in which fox-related terms have entered the vernacular, from “foxy lady” to the process of “foxing,” or souring beer during fermentation. Thoughtful and illuminating, Fox shows that this lovely creature is as beguiling as it is controversial.
The Animal and the Daemon in Early China
Author: Roel SterckxPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791489159
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Exploring the cultural perception of animals in early Chinese thought, this careful reading of Warring States and Han dynasty writings analyzes how views of animals were linked to human self perception and investigates the role of the animal world in the conception of ideals of sagehood and socio-political authority. Roel Sterckx shows how perceptions of the animal world influenced early Chinese views of man's place among the living species and in the world at large. He argues that the classic Chinese perception of the world did not insist on clear categorical or ontological boundaries between animals, humans, and other creatures such as ghosts and spirits. Instead the animal realm was positioned as part of an organic whole and the mutual relationships among the living species—both as natural and cultural creatures—were characterized as contingent, continuous, and interdependent.
Bulletin - The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
Author: Painting in East and West
Author: Robert Douglas NortonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Porcelain and the Dutch East India Company
Author: T. VolkerPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description