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ISBN 13 : 9780646017655
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Book Rating : 4.0/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Treasures from the Shanghai Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rene-Yvon Lefebvre D'Argence
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Total Pages : 191 pages
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Download or read book Treasures from the Shanghai Museum 6, 000 Year of Chinese Art written by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre D'Argence and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : René Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé
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Total Pages : 191 pages
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Download or read book Treasures from the Shanghai Museum written by René Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : 上海博物館
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Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Treasures from the Shanghai Museum written by 上海博物館 and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Treasures from the Shanghai Museum, 6000 Years of Chinese Art written by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhibition organized by the Shanghai Museum and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco ...
Author : Exhibition Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
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Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (471 download)
Download or read book Treasures from the Shanghai Museum written by Exhibition Treasures from the Shanghai Museum and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miriam Clifford
Publisher : Scala Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book China written by Miriam Clifford and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a collection of the most exciting museums to be seen throughout China. Armed with this unique guide, the visitor will experience a journey of discovery which will greatly enhance their understanding of Chinese culture, history and art. Focusing on the lesser-known museums, but including the well-trodden - such as the Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors and the Shanghai Museum - China: museums unlocks the doors to over 200 must-see museums, ranging from art and archaeology, science and technology to history and politics. Pertinent information supplements entries and highlights of key objects are illustrated with over 500 colour images. Burgeoning contemporary art galleries, museums and artists' villages are included. AUTHOR: Miriam Clifford has lived in Hong Kong and Beijing working as a freelance photographer and photojournalist. Cathy Giangrande is an art historian and author of books on museums and collecting. Antony White has been working on illustrated books on the land and art of China for the past twenty-five years. 684 colour illustrations
Author : Shanghai bo wu guan
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Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum written by Shanghai bo wu guan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Guolin Shan
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Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chinese Paintings from the Shanghai Museum, 1851-1911 written by Guolin Shan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 19th century Shanghai was a prosperous center of trade with the West, and external influences combined with established cultural traditions to ensure that a lively artistic scene developed. This book is a rare opportunity to discover some of the exquisite paintings from the Shanghai Museum. Superb color illustrations accompany entries on individual artists. Many of the paintings represented were created for the home market rather than for export and reveal diverse and unusual views of China. The versatility and beauty of styles and composition provide a unique view into the cultural life of the city, making this book one to treasure. (National Museums of Scotland)
Author : Karl E. Meyer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466879297
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
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 432 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?
Author : Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295801384
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures written by Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures traces the three-thousand-year history of the emperor's imperial collection, from the Bronze Age to the present. The tortuous story of these treasures involves a succession of dynasties, invasion and conquest, and civil war, resulting in valiant attempts to rescue and preserve the collection. Throughout history, different Chinese regimes used the imperial collection to bolster their own political legitimacy, domestically and internationally. The narrative follows the gradual formation of the Peking Palace Museum in 1925, then its hasty fragmentation as large parts of the collection were moved perilously over long distances to escape wartime destruction, and finally its formal division into what are today two Palace Museums-one in Beijing, the other in Taipei. Enlivened by the personalities of those who cared for the collection, this textured account of the imperial treasures highlights magnificent artworks and their arduous transit through politics, war, and diplomatic reconciliations. Over the years, control of the collections has been fiercely contested, from early dynasties through Mongol and Japanese invaders to Nationalist and Communist rivals- a saga that continues today. This first book-length investigation of the imperial collections will be of great interest to China scholars, historians, and Chinese art specialists. Its tales of palace intrigue will fascinate a wide variety of readers.
Author : Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295997559
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)
Download or read book The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures written by Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jessica Rawson
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Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book Treasures from Shanghai written by Jessica Rawson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to the West, where diamonds, gold and silver have usually been highly valued, in China bronzes and jades were chosen early on for the societyâe(tm)s most valued artefacts, and retained this very high status over millennia. Bronze and jades were used in China for ritual and burial, and were thus associated with the sacred worlds of the ancestors and spirits. In later China, these precious relics of the past were collected by rulers and scholars as routes to understanding a distant golden age. These ancient objects, some dating from the neolithic period, set the artistic standard for all time; this is where Chinese art begins. Chinese bronzes, in particular, are one of the worldâe(tm)s major art forms. Few if any other ancient cultures achieved the artistic excellence and technical virtuosity in bronze attained in China. Using a unique casting method involving multiple ceramic section moulds, the Chinese cast vessels, weapons and ornaments of great beauty and elegance. Jade, too, is central to Chinaâe(tm)s culture. This tough translucent stone has been worked to produce the most prized ornaments and ceremonial implements from the Neolithic period to the present day. The jades featured in this catalogue, carved by some of the groups of ancient inhabitants in the Shanghai area. They include wonderful, decorated ritual jades, cong, bi discs, weapons and ornaments. This catalogue not only celebrates an important collection, but highlights the extraordinary skills of the craftsmen of very early cultures, placing the objects in their historical and archaeological context. Here are exquisite objects made for the ancient Chinese elite and subsequently revered by emperors and collectors alike.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870992309
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Treasures from the Bronze Age of China written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1980 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and interprets the spectacular works of art presented in the exhibition lent to 5 American museums by China. Not only describes some of the most important recent archaeological discoveries in China, but provides information about 1500 year Chinese.
Author : Justin M. Jacobs
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022671201X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Compensations of Plunder written by Justin M. Jacobs and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasures from northwestern China. Based on a close analysis of previously neglected archives in English, French, and Chinese, Jacobs finds that many local elites in China acquiesced to the removal of art and antiquities abroad, understanding their trade as currency for a cosmopolitan elite. In the decades after the 1911 Revolution, however, these antiquities went from being “diplomatic capital” to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. A new generation of Chinese scholars began to criminalize the prior activities of archaeologists, erasing all memory of the pragmatic barter relationship that once existed in China. Recovering the voices of those local officials, scholars, and laborers who shaped the global trade in antiquities, The Compensations of Plunder brings historical grounding to a highly contentious topic in modern Chinese history and informs heated debates over cultural restitution throughout the world.
Author : 國立故宮博物院
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0810964945
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Possessing the Past written by 國立故宮博物院 and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1996 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Zhiyn Shen
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Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book The Shanghai museum of art written by Zhiyn Shen and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
