Author: Eskenazi LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Sculpture and Ornament in Early Chinese Art
Author: Eskenazi LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
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
Chinese Wood Sculptures of the 11th to 13th centuries
Author: Petra RöschPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 383825662X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Chinese Buddhist wooden sculptures of Water-moon Guanyin, a Bodhisattva sitting in a leisurely reclining pose on a rocky throne, are housed in Western collections and are thus removed from their original context(s). Not only are most of them of unknown origin, but also lack a precise date. Tracing their sources is difficult because of the scant information provided by art dealers in previous periods. Thus, only preliminary investigations into their stylistic development and technical features have been made so far. Moreover, until recently none of the Chinese temples that provided their original context, i.e. their precise position within those temple compounds and their respective place in the Buddhist pantheon, have been examined at all.In her study, Petra H. Rösch investigates these very aspects, including questions about the religious position and function of the sculptures of this special Bodhisattva. She also looks at the technical construction, the collecting of Chinese Buddhist sculptures in general and those made of wood in particular.She uses a combination of stylistic, iconographical, buddhological, as well as technical methodologies in her investigation of the Water-moon Guanyin images and sheds light on the Buddhist temples in Shanxi Province, the works of art they once housed, and the religious practices of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries connected with them.
Ten Thousand Things
Author: Lothar LedderosePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691252882
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts Chinese workers in the third century BC created seven thousand life-sized terracotta soldiers to guard the tomb of the First Emperor. In the eleventh century AD, Chinese builders constructed a pagoda from as many as thirty thousand separately carved wooden pieces. As these examples show, throughout history, Chinese artisans have produced works of art in astonishing quantities, and have done so without sacrificing quality, affordability, or speed of manufacture. In this book, Lothar Ledderose takes us on a remarkable tour of Chinese art and culture to explain how artists used complex systems of mass production to assemble extraordinary objects from standardized parts or modules. He reveals how these systems have deep roots in Chinese thought and reflect characteristically Chinese modes of social organization. Combining invaluable aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations, Ten Thousand Things make a profound statement about Chinese art and society.
The British Museum Book of Chinese Art
Author: Jessica RawsonPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500279038
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology
Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Art, East Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Wisdom Embodied
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393992
Category : Buddhist sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art --
Chinese Art
Author: Patricia Bjaaland WelchPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations, this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, religious beings, mortals and inanimate objects. The book thoroughly illuminates the origins, common usages and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery is an essential reference for collectors, museum-goers, guides, students and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China.
Chinese Buddhist Bronzes
Author: Hugo MunsterbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes
Author: Emma C. BunkerPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300096887
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This fascinating book examines the artistic exchange between the nomadic peoples of what is now Inner Mongolia and their settled Chinese neighbors during the first millennium B.C.