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Author : Ming Yu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521186846
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Chinese Jade written by Ming Yu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese jade.
Author : Jessica Rawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages written by Jessica Rawson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jessica Rawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chinese Jade written by Jessica Rawson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese have revered the mystery and magic of jade since ancient times. This authoritative book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of six thousand years of development, from the earliest cultures to the twentieth century. The author describes and assesses the variety of roles and functions, ritual and ceremonial, which jade has played in China. Recent discoveries from hitherto little known neolithic cultures of around 3000 BC have highlighted the extraordinary skills of the craftsmen and the complexity of the cultures that supported them. Other remarkable finds include the precursors of the famous jade suits, which range from jade plaques and shrouds dating from about 900 BC to superb pendants and sword fittings carved for a king buried near Canton in around 122 BC. This catalogue describes over 300 outstanding pieces from Sir Joseph Hotung's collection, which spans the history of jade in China. Drawing upon the very latest archaeological reseach to set jade in its historical and artistic context, this work will stand as a definitive reference for many years to come. In her wide-ranging introduction to the catalogue the author analyses the arguments and sets out new views, supplementing this major essay with a series of shorter introductions to the chronological sections into which the jades of different types, shapes and functions have been divided. The book is fully illustrated throughout with specially commisioned photographs of each piece from the collection, all in color, along with comparative examples from the rich collection of the British Museum.
Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309096251
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Scientific Examination of Art written by and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the application of scientific methods to the study and conservation of art and cultural properties. This work addresses scientific topics of broad interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines and attracting up to 250 leadingresearchers in the field.
Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403487728
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Ancient Chinese Art written by Jane Shuter and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the origins, materials, and meaning of traditional art in China, and describes the development of painting, sculpture, calligraphy, architecture, and other media.
Author : Stanley Charles Nott
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462909663
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Chinese Jade Throughout Ages written by Stanley Charles Nott and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic guide to Chinese jade is of great interest to art collectors and casual readers alike. First published in 1936 and since then a collector's item of increasing rarity, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages comprises a review of the characteristics, decorations, folklore, and symbolism of this esteemed mineral that has always held a proud place among gems of the world. The book presents a full descriptive account of the significance and meaning of the carvings produced in this prize stone by Chinese craftsmen from the earliest times, through the Chou and succeeding dynasties, down to the twentieth century. The text is illustrated with a magnificent series of more than 350 reproductions in color, black and white, and line drawings of choice pieces selected from the chief Asian, European, and American collections. In addition the Chinese art history book explains no only the wealth of symbolic designs used in the decoration of jade but also a large number of the marks and devices by which collectors identify the origin and the date of valued pieces.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870994832
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Ancient Chinese Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1987 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maggie Bickford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835764063
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice written by Maggie Bickford and published by . This book was released on with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ming Wilson
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chinese Jades written by Ming Wilson and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confucius (551-479 BC) praised jade as 'the embodiment of virtue'. Excavations in China since the 1970s have shed much light on the use and production of jade in neolithic and early dynastic periods. Excavated jade artefacts dating from the seventh to seventeenth centuries are rare, so it is particularly valuable that a number of specimens have been unearthed from tombs and pagoda foundations during the past two decades, thus allowing heirloom jades to be compared with these excavated examples and correctly dated. This book is a timely reassessment of what is known about Chinese jade, which has been a central element of Chinese material culture for an uninterrupted span of seven thousand years, and will appeal to collectors and newcomers to the subject alike.
Author : Mae Chang Koh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781543437515
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (375 download)
Download or read book The Magnificent Chinese Jade Pagoda written by Mae Chang Koh and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story and background of how an orphan Chinese boy, with God's blessing, created the world-renowned Jade Pagoda and its priceless companion collection and how it was lost to not only 1.4 billion Chinese but also to the people of the United States and the world. The centerpiece of this jade collection is the Jade Pagoda that took the blood and sweat of 150 Chinese jade artisans over ten years to complete. It was carved from the largest jadeite boulder ever mined from a quarry in Northern Burma (Myanmar). These jade workers labored between 1922 and 1933 by hand-and-foot power, using only the crudest of tools to carve the most intricate spectacle in the world today. The pagoda was not only the lifetime realization of the dream of jade connoisseur Chang Wen Ti but also an intended icon for world peace and friendship that Chang had so fervently promoted. The city of Oakland was chosen as the recipient of the largest gift ever donated by one family as a gesture of goodwill between the Chinese and the Americans on behalf of the Chinese people. This pagoda has been rightfully called the eighth wonder of the world by its many admirers and those who have viewed it in person. This book is about the magnificent Jade Pagoda and the man who brought it to fruition.
Author : Michael Knight
Publisher : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Later Chinese Jades written by Michael Knight and published by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive guide to Chinese jades from the Ming dynasty through the early twentieth century
Author : Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd written by Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa E. Rotondo-McCord
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780894940774
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Heaven and Earth Seen Within written by Lisa E. Rotondo-McCord and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spectacular catalog of Song Dynasty ceramics in one of the most notable collections
Author : J. Desautels
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468465724
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)
Download or read book The Jade Kingdom written by J. Desautels and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert P. Youngman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781588860989
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)
Download or read book The Youngman Collection written by Robert P. Youngman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
