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Book Synopsis Chinese Ivory Carvings by : Phillip Allen
Download or read book Chinese Ivory Carvings written by Phillip Allen and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalogue for a collection of Far Eastern ivories - ranging from religious iconography to sculptures produced for nineteenth-century collectors. Sir Victor Sassoon (1881-1961) lived an extraordinary and colourful life and left a remarkable legacy. He created a trust to preserve his collection of ivories for the benefit of UK citizens. Since its foundation and under the guardianship of the dedicated trustees, the collection has grown by the addition of significant specimens that originally went unrepresented. Chinese Ivory Carvings presents 350 of its most significant artefacts, each illustrated and discussed. Four introductory essays explore the acquisition of the pieces, placing the ivories in their historical and cultural context. In this scholarly celebration of Sassoon's bequest, one can appreciate some of the many facets of Chinese culture both religious and secular. Including minutely carved 'devil's work' spheres, massive figures and exuberantly carved vases, the book is also testament to the technical skills of the craftsmen who produced these wonderful objects.
Book Synopsis Chinese Ivories by : Oriental Ceramic Society
Download or read book Chinese Ivories written by Oriental Ceramic Society and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ivory in China written by Berthold Laufer and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories by : Francis Pulszky
Download or read book Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories written by Francis Pulszky and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories by : Joseph Mayer
Download or read book Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories written by Joseph Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 關氏所藏中國牙雕 written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of an important exhibition of Chinese ivory based on the collection of Dr. Simon Kwan, featuring two hundred items dating from the Shang dynasty to the early twentieth century. It presents a comprehensive survey of historical development as well as the artistic achievement of Chinese ivory.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories in the Museum of Joseph Mayer,preceded by an Essay on Antique Ivories by : Francis PULSZKY
Download or read book Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories in the Museum of Joseph Mayer,preceded by an Essay on Antique Ivories written by Francis PULSZKY and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Virgin Mary and Catholic Identities in Chinese History by : Jeremy Clarke
Download or read book The Virgin Mary and Catholic Identities in Chinese History written by Jeremy Clarke and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Catholic Church traces its living roots back to the late sixteenth century and its historical roots back even further, to the Yuan dynasty. This book explores paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and the communities that produced them over several centuries. It argues for the emergence of distinctly Chinese Catholic identities as artistic representations of the Virgin Mary, at different times and in different places, absorbed and in turn influenced representations of Chinese figures from Guanyin to the Empress Dowager. At other times indigenous styles have been diluted by Western influences—following the influx of European missionaries in the nineteenth century, for example, or with globalization in recent years. The book engages with history, theology and art, and draws on imagery and archival photographs that have been largely neglected. As a study of the social and cultural histories of communities that have survived over many centuries, this book offers a new view of Catholicism in China—one that sees its history as more than simply a cycle of persecution and resistance. Fr. Jeremy Clarke, SJ, is an Australian Province Jesuit teaching as an assistant professor in the History Department of Boston College. He is also a school visitor in the Australian Center for China in the World at the Australian National University, Canberra.
Download or read book Ivories written by Alfred Maskell and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asian Ivory written by Jeffrey B. Snyder and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graceful okimono figures in many forms, dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, are the primary focus of this book, while scholar's brush holders and wrist rests, cricket cages, card cases, match holders, sword hilts, and scabbards are also presented. Finely carved ivory from China and Japan is featured here, along with artist's signatures, in over 600 beautiful photos. An engaging text explores the history of the ivory trade from East to West, quoting nineteenth century European travelers' encounters with Japanese ivory carvers and merchants. Folk tales provide insight into many of the figural characters represented and beliefs they personify. This book will be treasured by all who enjoy finely crafted art.
Download or read book Ivory written by Keith Somerville and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half of Tanzania's elephants have been killed for their ivory since 2007. A similar alarming story can be told of the herds in northern Mozambique and across swathes of central Africa, with forest elephants losing almost two-thirds of their numbers to the tusk trade. The huge rise in poaching and ivory smuggling in the new millennium has destroyed the hope that the 1989 ivory trade ban had capped poaching and would lead to a long-term fall in demand. But why the new upsurge? The answer is not simple. Since ancient times, large-scale killing of elephants for their tusks has been driven by demand outside Africa's elephant ranges - from the Egyptian pharaohs through Imperial Rome and industrialising Europe and North America to the new wealthy business class of China. And, who poaches and why do they do it? In recent years lurid press reports have blamed mass poaching on rebel movements and armed militias, especially Somalia's Al Shabaab, tying two together two evils - poaching and terrorism. But does this account stand up to scrutiny? This new and ground-breaking examination of the history and politics of ivory in Africa forensically examines why poaching happens in Africa and why it is corruption, crime and politics, rather than insurgency, that we should worry about.
Book Synopsis Traditional Chinese Toggles by : Margaret Duda
Download or read book Traditional Chinese Toggles written by Margaret Duda and published by Editions Didier Millet. This book was released on 2011 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a much-needed reference guide to the historical and cultural significance of Chinese toggles or zhuizi - carved pieces of jade, ivory, bone, wood, shell and semi-precious stones used by the Chinese in ancient times as counterweights to secure personal effects like tobacco pipes and money pouches to their belts. Over time, toggles became treasured objects of identity and expression, believed to bring the bearer good luck, happiness, fertility, longevity and health. The book explains how toggles were used in daily and ceremonial life, and interprets the designs that are fundamental to understanding these artefacts. Accompanied by stunning photography and detailed descriptions, Traditional Chinese Toggles: Counterweights and Charms will be the definitive illustrative guide to this little-known Chinese art form.
Book Synopsis Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection by : Adrian Cheng
Download or read book Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection written by Adrian Cheng and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While readers will come away from Chinese Art with a nuanced understanding of Chinese culture, the volume is also a work of art in its own right—a must-have collectible for any devotee of Chinese art and culture. Assouline’s Ultimate Collection is an homage to the art of luxury bookmaking—the oversized volume is hand-bound using traditional techniques, with several of the plates hand-tipped on art-quality paper and housed in a luxury silk clamshell.
Book Synopsis The China Journal of Science & Arts by :
Download or read book The China Journal of Science & Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics, Volume 9 by :
Download or read book Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics, Volume 9 written by and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a collection of ancient Chinese cultural relics, deals with relics from Qing Dynasty, 1644 to 1911. There are two volumes dealing with relics in this period. This book contains 377 relics. The ancestors of the people who established the Manchu Qing Dynasty lived in northeast China in the territory lying between the 'white mountains and the black rivers'. After establishing their capital in Beijing. the Qing Dynasty defeated all the forces that opposed them and they quickly consolidated their frontier defences. in the nearly 300 years of the Qing Dynasty, China achieved some remarkable things especially in the fields of culture and art even though it lagged behind in many other respects in global terms. Jade ware reached a great peak in the mid Qing Dynasty and surpassed previous achievement in size, selection of materials and overall craftsmanship. Porcelain production reached its highest ever peak in this era. Jingdezhen remained the centre for production of porcelain. The period also saw the revival in the history of Chinese calligraphy. Stone inscriptions grew in popularity and a number of pioneer masters emerged and exerted a far-reaching influence. Seal character calligraphy and li calligraphy (official script) were revised again. Literati painting played a dominant role and landscape painting and impressionistic ink and wash painting were prevalent Laquer craftwork in all shapes and sizes reached a great deal level of maturity. Existing techniques were improved and others developed. Embroidery reached unprecedented heights. Silk tapestries became more and more exquisite and the production of metal bodied enamelware reached a great peak. Bamboo wood and horn carvings also were developed. Jade objects went through three stages of development. 1. Frugal period, with jade production was small and made by ordinary craftsmen and lack originality. 2. Due to a growing Qing comic strength. and a plentiful supply of jade materials the jade industry began to flourish, and became one of the high points in jade carving in China. 3. Late period of the Qing Dynasty and due to increasing corruption in society and large number of difficulties, both domestic and external, there was less appetite for large scale pieces of jade in part also due to the high cost of production. This book, the ninth in a ten-volume collection, brings to the English-speaking world a series of books from China which has been complied by an Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics. There are 377 descriptions.
Book Synopsis Elephants, Economics and Ivory by : Edward B. Barbier
Download or read book Elephants, Economics and Ivory written by Edward B. Barbier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for rejoicing, but nothing is quite so simple. The authors of this book have looked at the overall statistics, including those for countries where the elephant population is stable. They have considered the multiplicity of economic and social functions fulfilled by ensuring that elephant herds survive, tourism, a variety of ecological purpose. and, finally, as a source of ivory. They show how the careful management of elephants as a resource can best serve African interests. This book is at the cutting edge of economic thinking and provides a model for the consideration of the difficult relationship between people and wildlife. Originally published in 19990
Author :Thomas A Metzger Publisher :The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press ISBN 13 :9629964880 Total Pages :820 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (299 download)
Book Synopsis The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel by : Thomas A Metzger
Download or read book The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel written by Thomas A Metzger and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel opens up a new way of pursuing the critical development of political philosophy in today's intercultural intellectual arena. Metzger holds that political philosophies are linguistically unavoidable efforts to infer the principles of morally legitimate government from a maximally enlightened conceptualization of the universal human condition. Because these efforts depend on a vocabulary embodying culturally inherited premises, textual analysis uncovering these premises and debate about how they should be revised are crucial for the improvement of political philosophy.
