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Chinese Porcelains In The Altman Collections
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Author :Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Benjamin Altman Collection Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (45 download)
Book Synopsis Chinese Porcelains in the Altman Collection by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Benjamin Altman Collection
Download or read book Chinese Porcelains in the Altman Collection written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Benjamin Altman Collection and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Passion for Asia by : Asia Society
Download or read book A Passion for Asia written by Asia Society and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955, John D. Rockefeller III convened a committee to respond to post-World War II interest in developing improved understanding of, and relations with, countries in Asia. His family's longstanding interest in Asia had led him to travel in China and Japan after he graduated from university in 1929. The Rockefellers' deeply felt "passion for Asia" led to the founding of the Asia Society in 1956. Today, the need for better understanding of Asian cultures--political, economic, and artistic--is more urgent than ever. This beautifully produced volume reflects in photographs and words the many-sided mission of the Asia Society. Fascinating archival photographs bring the Rockefeller family's travels, philanthropic activities, social occasions, and wonderful domestic interiors to life. Important objects--sculptures, paintings, prints, screens, ceramics--all collected by members of the family, many from the Society's collection and others from museums around the country, are reproduced in full color. The text includes essays by Rockefeller family members; former Asia Society presidents; Peter Johnson, the family historian; Cynthia Altman, curator of Kykuit, the Rockefeller family estate; and Vishakha Desai, president of the Asia Society. SELLING POINTS: Documents the history and beginnings of this leading global organization whose mission of promoting the exchanges of ideas, education, and arts still holds true today Features period photographs of the Rockefeller family on their many travels to Asia and provides insight into how their collection developed 100 colour & 75 b/w illustrations
Book Synopsis A Guide to the Collections by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Download or read book A Guide to the Collections written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) The Benjamin Altman collection Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :288 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Handbook of the Benjamin Altman Collection by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) The Benjamin Altman collection
Download or read book Handbook of the Benjamin Altman Collection written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) The Benjamin Altman collection and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The China Collectors by : Karl E. Meyer
Download or read book The China Collectors written by Karl E. Meyer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Book Synopsis The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by :
Download or read book The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New ser. v. 6-29 include 77th-100th Annual report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1946-1969-70 (previously and subsequently published separately).
Author :Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Publisher :Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN 13 :1588394344 Total Pages :450 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (883 download)
Book Synopsis Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Download or read book Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the great diversity and range of Islamic culture through one of the finest collections in the world. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterworks created in the rich tradition of the Islamic faith and culture. The Metropolitan's renowned holdings range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the 7th century through the 19th century, and geographically from as far west as Spain to as far east as Southeast Asia.
Book Synopsis Guide to the Collections by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Download or read book Guide to the Collections written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Pleasures of Collecting by : Gardner Callahan Teall
Download or read book The Pleasures of Collecting written by Gardner Callahan Teall and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Art Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biographical material formerly included in the directory is issued separately as Who's who in American art, 1936/37-
Book Synopsis The World Almanac & Book of Facts by :
Download or read book The World Almanac & Book of Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Chinese Art Transfer by : Michael St. Clair
Download or read book The Great Chinese Art Transfer written by Michael St. Clair and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of how and why millions of Chinese works of art got exported to collectors and institutions in the West, in particular to the United States. As China’s last dynasty was weakening and collapsing from 1860 into the early years of the twentieth century, China’s internal chaos allowed imperial and private Chinese collections to be scattered, looted and sold. A remarkable and varied group of Westerners entered the country, had their eyes opened to centuries of Chinese creativity and gathered up paintings, bronzes and ceramics, as well as sculptures, jades and bronzes. The migration to America and Europe of China’s art is one of the greatest outflows of a culture’s artistic heritage in human history. A good deal of the art procured by collectors and dealers, some famous and others little known but all remarkable in individual ways, eventually wound up in American and European museums. Today some of the art still in private hands is returning to China via international auctions and aggressive purchases by Chinese millionaires.
Book Synopsis American Art Directory by : Florence Nightingale Levy
Download or read book American Art Directory written by Florence Nightingale Levy and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The World Almanac and Book of Facts by :
Download or read book The World Almanac and Book of Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Belonging and Betrayal by : Charles Dellheim
Download or read book Belonging and Betrayal written by Charles Dellheim and published by Brandeis University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old masters' new masters -- Was modernism Jewish? -- In the middle -- To have and have not.
Book Synopsis Animal Motifs from Around the World by : Doris Rosenthal
Download or read book Animal Motifs from Around the World written by Doris Rosenthal and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from the ancient art and artifacts of an international array of museum collections, this spectacular volume offers a unique selection of unusual animal motifs from Prussia, Egypt, Persia, China, Germany, Sweden, and other areas. The edgy designs possess a timeless appeal that makes them especially attractive to contemporary designers, tattoo artists, crafters, and others.
Book Synopsis Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 73, no. 1 (Summer, 2015) by : Maxwell K. Hearn
Download or read book Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 73, no. 1 (Summer, 2015) written by Maxwell K. Hearn and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin marks the centennial celebration of the founding of the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Showcasing some of the Met's most beautiful examples of Asian Art along with archival material, this Bulletin is a compact but lushly illustrated account of one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of the paintings, sculptures, textiles, and decorative arts of Asia.
