Author: Julian RabyPublisher: Thames and Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A curator-led tour through more than one hundred masterworks.
Ideals of Beauty
Author: Julian RabyPublisher: Thames and Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A curator-led tour through more than one hundred masterworks.
Seto and Mino Ceramics
Author: Louise Allison CortPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Late nineteenth century, the objects illustrate the long history of ceramic production within the Seto-Mino region.
An Ideal Country
Author: Linda MerrillBuddhist Art
Author: Debra DiamondPublisher: Giles
ISBN: 9781907804649
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A guide to the Freer/Sackler's richly diverse collection of Buddhist art fromJapan, China, and Korea, as well as Indian/South Asia.
Ancient Iranian Metalwork in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art
Author: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)Publisher: TickTock Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Art of the Qurʼan
Author: Massumeh FarhadPublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345785
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 15, 2016-February 20, 2017.
Freer
Author: Thomas LawtonPublisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The China Collectors
Author: Karl E. MeyerPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466879297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt in China from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong's 1949 ascent. The principal gatherers are mostly little known and defy invention. They included "foreign devils" who braved desert sandstorms, bandits and local warlords in acquiring significant works. Adventurous curators like Langdon Warner, a forebear of Indiana Jones, argued that the caves of Dunhuang were already threatened by vandals, thereby justifying the removal of frescoes and sculptures. Other Americans include George Kates, an alumnus of Harvard, Oxford and Hollywood, who fell in love with Ming furniture. The Chinese were divided between dealers who profited from the artworks' removal, and scholars who sought to protect their country's patrimony. Duanfang, the greatest Chinese collector of his era, was beheaded in a coup and his splendid bronzes now adorn major museums. Others in this rich tapestry include Charles Lang Freer, an enlightened Detroit entrepreneur, two generations of Rockefellers, and Avery Brundage, the imperious Olympian, and Arthur Sackler, the grand acquisitor. No less important are two museum directors, Cleveland's Sherman Lee and Kansas City's Laurence Sickman, who challenged the East Coast's hegemony. Shareen Blair Brysac and Karl E. Meyer even-handedly consider whether ancient treasures were looted or salvaged, and whether it was morally acceptable to spirit hitherto inaccessible objects westward, where they could be studied and preserved by trained museum personnel. And how should the US and Canada and their museums respond now that China has the means and will to reclaim its missing patrimony?
Author: John Alexander Pope
Author: Ann Yonemura