The Life of Objects

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307388824
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Book Synopsis The Life of Objects by : Susanna Moore

Download or read book The Life of Objects written by Susanna Moore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlin, 1938. When Beatrice, a young Irish Protestant lace maker, is whisked away from her dreary life to join the household of Felix and Dorthea Metzenburg, she feels like she’s landed in the middle of a fairy tale. Art collectors, and friends to the most fascinating men and women of Europe, the Metzenburgs are part of a world where there is more to desire than she ever imagined. However Germany has launched its campaign of aggression across Europe, and, before long, the conflict reaches the family’s threshold. Retreating to their country estate, the Metzenburgs do their best to ignore the encroaching war until the realities of hunger, illness, and Nazi terror begin to threaten their very existence. In searing and emotional detail, The Life of Objects illuminates Beatrice’s journey from childhood to womanhood, from naïveté to wisdom, as a continent collapses into darkness around her.

Netsuke

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870992732
Total Pages : 121 pages
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Netsuke Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462911382
Total Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book Netsuke Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature written by Edwin C. Symmes, Jr. and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring dozens of Japanese netsuke masterpieces and extensive commentary, this Japanese art book is a treasured collector's item. Netsuke are superb miniature carvings, usually less than two inches high, that have been created by Japanese artists for over three hundred years. During that time, they have portrayed almost every aspect of life and culture in Japan. These tiny carvings were traditionally used to prevent the cord attached to a gentleman's medicine box or tobacco pouch from slipping through the belt of his kimono. Today they are highly collectible works of art. Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature presents over seventy full-page color photographs of netsuke in enchanting settings. The accompanying text gives technical details about the netsuke as well as interesting commentaries relating the pieces to Japanese life and legend. Information on the carvers has also been provided whenever possible.

Chinese Art

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Total Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book Chinese Art written by Roger Fry and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our object in producing this book is to supply information about Chinese art that is at once authoritative and introductory. To many it may seem curious that no previous volume of the kind exists ; but to those who know the extreme difficulty of a detailed study of even one part of Chinese art, with its enormous periods and its close relationship to Eastern ideas, it may rather seem curious that anyone should attempt such a summary. We should not have given way to the desire to make such a book had we not known how valuable it would be if properly produced, and had we not felt that we had hit upon the right plan. -- Preface.

Eastern Art ...

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Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Eastern Art ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 includes sections "Book reviews" and "Oriental abstracts."

Netsuke

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Total Pages : 364 pages
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Catalogue

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Total Pages : 770 pages
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The Connoisseur

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Total Pages : 430 pages
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Catalogue of the Important Collection ...

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Total Pages : 152 pages
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Arts of Asia

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Total Pages : 476 pages
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Bibliography of the Japanese Empire 1906-1926

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Total Pages : 460 pages
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Fritz Lang

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452940649
Total Pages : 1032 pages
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Japan Encyclopedia

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674017535
Total Pages : 1130 pages
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Book Synopsis Japan Encyclopedia by : Louis-Frédéric

Download or read book Japan Encyclopedia written by Louis-Frédéric and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Knowing Japan and the Japanese better," Louis Frédéric states in the introduction to this encyclopedia, "is one of the necessities of modern life." The Japanese have a profound knowledge of every aspect and detail of Western societies. Unfortunately, we in the West cannot say the same about our knowledge of Japan. We tend to see Japan through a veil of exoticism, as a land of ancient customs and exquisite arts; or we view it as a powerful contributor to the global economy, the source of cutting-edge electronics and innovative management techniques. To go beyond these clichés, we must begin to see how apparently contradictory aspects of modern Japanese culture spring from the country's evolution through more than two millennia of history. This richly detailed yet concise encyclopedia is a guide to the full range of Japanese history and civilization, from the dawn of its prehistory to today, providing clear and accessible information on society and institutions, commerce and industry, sciences, sports, and politics, with particular emphasis on religion, material culture, and the arts. The volume is enhanced by maps and illustrations, along with a detailed chronology of more than 2,000 years of Japanese history and a comprehensive bibliography. Cross-references and an index help the reader trace themes from one article to the next. Japan Encyclopedia will be an indispensable one-volume reference for students, scholars, travelers, journalists, and anyone who wishes to learn more about the past and present of this great world civilization.

Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology

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Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392015
Total Pages : 278 pages
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Download or read book Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall written by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2006 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany's (American, 1848-1933) extraordinary country estate in Oyster Bay, New York, completed in 1905, was the epitome of Tiffany's achievement and in many ways defined this multifaceted artist. Tiffany designed every aspect of the project inside and out, creating a total aesthetic environment. This publication accompanies an exhibition that reveals Tiffany's most personal art, bringing into focus this remarkable artist who lavished as much care and creativity on the design and furnishing of his home and gardens as he did on all the wide-ranging media in which he worked. Although the house tragically burned to the ground in 1957, many of its surviving architectural elements and interior characteristics are included in this volume. Also featured are Tiffany's personal collections of his own work-breathtaking stained-glass windows, paintings, glass and ceramic vases-as well as the artist's collections of Japanese, Chinese, and Native American works of art. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Catalogue of the Collection of Japanese Works of Art

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Total Pages : 340 pages
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Catalogue of the Collection of Ancient and Modern Works of Art Given Or Lent to the Trustees

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Total Pages : 254 pages
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