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Flower Power

Author : Dany Chan
Publisher : Asian Art Museum
ISBN 13 : 9780939117796
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Flower Power written by Dany Chan and published by Asian Art Museum. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967, the phrase "flower power" transformed the commonplace flower into a Buddhist-inspired symbol of peace. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of San Francisco's "Summer of Love," this art and design book showcases the expressive powers of flowers in Asian arts and cultures. Beginning in ancient times, a language of flowers, where certain blooms suggest specific themes, was communicated in art throughout Asia. Here forty artworks, all drawn from the Asian Art Museum's renowned collection, focus on six celebrated flowers—lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip, and rose—and the messages they convey.

Natural Beauty From The Garden

Author : Janice Cox
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466801093
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Natural Beauty From The Garden written by Janice Cox and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in the very successful Natural Beauty series with sales over 70,000. If Natural Beauty at Home was inspired by the kitchen, and Natural Beauty for All Seasons was inspired by gift-giving, this book is inspired by the garden. Here, author Janice Cox presents over two hundred brand-new recipes for home beauty treatments that make use of common flowers, plants, herbs, grasses, and trees to create useful and lovely products for all aspects of skin, hair care, and bathing enjoyment. Readers will have her trademark step-by-step recipes for such items as Sunflower Seed Scrub, Aloe and Calula Cream, Rose Geranium Splash, Apricot Baby Oil, Scented Bath Pillow, and many, many more. In addition, over one hundred garden notes are sprinkled throughout the book, containing information on soil type, tools, containers, growing tips, and simple, whimsical garden designs. But, although gardeners will be drawn to this aspect of the book, you don't have to have a garden, or even a window box, to make the recipes here, since all ingredients can be found in natural food stores or farmers' markets. Natural Beauty from the Garden simply captures the spirit of the outdoors while promoting a fun, economical, natural beauty regime. This is a charming collection of beauty and garden freshness that anyone who loves to pamper herself or grow a garden full of flowers will want to have.

China - Culture Smart!

Author : Culture Smart!
Publisher : Kuperard
ISBN 13 : 178702881X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book China - Culture Smart! written by Culture Smart! and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't just see the sights?get to know the people. For thousands of years, the Chinese believed that they had created a perfect social system, based on Confucian values and tempered by the Mandate of Heaven. Dynasties came and went, but the essence of being Chinese remained essentially unchanged until the twentieth century. Since then, change has taken place in Chinese society at unprecedented speed, as the country first experienced the turmoil of civil war and revolution before emerging on to the world stage as a global superpower. This thoroughly updated edition of Culture Smart! China puts these changes into historical context, explains deep-seated cultural attitudes, and guides you through the maze of unfamiliar social situations, in order to help you discover for yourself the pragmatism, genius, warmth, and humanity of this extraordinary country and its people. Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Flowers in Chinese Culture

Author : An Lan Zhang
Publisher : Three Pine Press
ISBN 13 : 9781931483308
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Flowers in Chinese Culture written by An Lan Zhang and published by Three Pine Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flowers and blossoms are intricate and dainty, beautiful and transient. Marking the passing of the seasons while flourishing in radiant splendor, they open our hearts to beauty, provide creative inspiration, and connect us to the divine. Each culture has its own unique symbolism and lore associated with its flowers. Flowers in Chinese Culture presents the subtle and potent relevance of thirty flowering plants in Chinese Daoist culture, exploring religion, literature, folklore, and sayings. A delight to behold, it is a treasure trove of learning and insight.

Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art

Author : Jing Pei Fang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art written by Jing Pei Fang and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work catalogues hundreds of symbols in Chinese artistry, and describes each of their meanings. It explains why a depiction of a bat can mean happiness, and why some beautiful images, such as sparrows and pears, are rarely seen.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Author : Lisa See
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408821621
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Snow Flower and the Secret Fan written by Lisa See and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War

Author : Zhuqing Li
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393541789
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War written by Zhuqing Li and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A BookBrowse Best Nonfiction for Book Clubs in 2024 “Exceptional…[A] gripping narrative of one family divided by the ‘bamboo curtain.’” —Deirdre Mask, New York Times Book Review Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence. Jun and Hong were scions of a once great southern Chinese family. Each other’s best friend, they grew up in the 1930s during the final days of Old China before the tumult of the twentieth century brought political revolution, violence, and a fractured national identity. By a quirk of timing, at the end of the Chinese Civil War, Jun ended up on an island under Nationalist control, and then settled in Taiwan, married a Nationalist general, and lived among fellow exiles at odds with everything the new Communist regime stood for on the mainland. Hong found herself an ocean away on the mainland, forced to publicly disavow both her own family background and her sister’s decision to abandon the party. A doctor by training, to overcome the suspicion created by her family circumstances, Hong endured two waves of “re-education” and internal exile, forced to work in some of the most desperately poor, remote areas of the country. Ambitious, determined, and resourceful, both women faced morally fraught decisions as they forged careers and families in the midst of political and social upheaval. Jun established one of U.S.-allied Taiwan’s most important trading companies. Hong became one of the most celebrated doctors in China, appearing on national media and honored for her dedication to medicine. Niece to both sisters, linguist and East Asian scholar Zhuqing Li tells her aunts’ story for the first time, honoring her family’s history with sympathy and grace. Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden is a window into the lives of women in twentieth-century China, a time of traumatic change and unparalleled resilience. In this riveting and deeply personal account, Li confronts the bitter political rivals of mainland China and Taiwan with elegance and unique insight, while celebrating her aunts’ remarkable legacies.

Paper Flowers Chinese Style

Author : Fang Liu
Publisher : Shanghai Press
ISBN 13 : 1938368770
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Paper Flowers Chinese Style written by Fang Liu and published by Shanghai Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Chinese papercraft book introduces readers to 24 unique paper flower patterns, with techniques for their folding and decoration, and tips for composition, color matching, floral vessels and display.The 24 patterns are designed to match the "24 solar terms" on the Chinese lunisolar calendar, with six flowers for each of the four seasons. They are ideal for gracing your living room, bedroom, study or hallway, as ornaments on mirrors and bookcases, or as wall hangings and window display, or being made into bracelet, garland and hairpin accessories. Some can look surprisingly realistic, while others are ingeniously designed, all being great for birthday parties, family gatherings, New Year parties and weddings. Notably, each design has incorporated elements of the Chinese art of flower arrangement, with elegant simplicity and Eastern charm.The Chinese origami book comes with patterns for folds for each design. Readers can either copy these patterns by hand on their preferred paper or simply photocopy them to cut and fold paper flowers by themselves.

Flower-and-bird Painting in Ancient China

Author : Fengwen Liu
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
ISBN 13 : 9787508511283
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Flower-and-bird Painting in Ancient China written by Fengwen Liu and published by 五洲传播出版社. This book was released on 2007 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Watercolor Flowers Chinese Style

Author : Lu He
Publisher : Shanghai Press
ISBN 13 : 9781602200463
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Watercolor Flowers Chinese Style written by Lu He and published by Shanghai Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On these pages, two distinct painting traditions converge, each bringing its unique charm and perspective to create fascinating new effects. The realistic depiction common to Western watercolors is integrated with the Chinese aesthetic of resemblance of spirit, harmonizing the lifelike images of Western art with the poetic charm of Chinese painting. The paintings presented in Watercolor Flowers: Chinese Style walk us through the year, season by season. Whether delicate or beautiful, bold or gentle, each blossom has been meticulously presented by the brush of renowned Chinese watercolor painter Lu He. In these pages, you will find: The basic tools of watercolor painting, Basic watercolor techniques, Carefully presented tutorials with systematic steps, Ways to blend Chinese ink painting and Western watercolor aesthetics to present a harmonious painting, An exploration of the 24 solar terms in traditional Chinese thought, Insight into traditional Chinese flower culture, Sketches prepared for beginners, The skills gained as you follow this step-by-step guide will give you the confidence to begin your own journey of exploration, allowing you to find new ways of bringing beauty to the canvas. Book jacket.

Chinese Brush Painted Flowers

Author : Joan Lok
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782211013
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Brush Painted Flowers written by Joan Lok and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Chinese brush-painting instruction books only focus on painting a few species of flowers, such as lotus, peony, and plum blossom, because these flowers symbolise various ideals in the Chinese culture. This book introduces painters to a variety of brushwork and floral painting techniques, and shows how to apply them to a diverse collection of flowers.

Paper Quilling Chinese Style

Author : Zhu Liqun Paper Arts Museum
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1602200440
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Paper Quilling Chinese Style written by Zhu Liqun Paper Arts Museum and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper quilling, a classic papercraft art that creates designs using paper strips in clever, inventive ways, gets an Asian flavor in Paper Quilling Chinese Style. Sure to delight the myriad and diverse group of crafters who have fallen in love with quilling, this lovely book uses traditional Chinese arts to create an array of paper quilling projects with a distinctly Chinese design. A flexible and limitless art form, paper quilling allows so much individual expression that it has attracted fans around the world. By showcasing the bold and inventive use of color, composition and traditional symbols, this book is sure to bring a new level of depth and beauty to your work. With simple tools and materials easily found at most craft stores, you will be able to explore the boundaries of Western handicraft and traditional Chinese culture and your own creativity!

Body and Face in Chinese Visual Culture

Author : Hung Wu
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684174031
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Body and Face in Chinese Visual Culture written by Hung Wu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally the "Chinese body" was approached as a totality and explained by sweeping comparisons of the differences that distinguished Chinese examples from their Western counterparts. Recently, scholars have argued that we must look at particular examples of Chinese images of the body and explore their intrinsic conceptual complexity and historical specificity. The twelve contributors to this volume adopt a middle position. They agree that Chinese images are conditioned by indigenous traditions and dynamics of social interaction, but they seek to explain a general Chinese body and face by charting multiple, specific bodies and faces. All of the chapters are historical case studies and investigate particular images, such as Han dynasty tomb figurines; Buddhist texts and illustrations; pictures of deprivation, illness, deformity, and ghosts; clothing; formal portraiture; and modern photographs and films. From the diversity of art forms and historical periods studied, there emerges a more complex picture of ways that the visual culture of the body and face in China has served to depict the living, memorialize the dead, and present the unrepresentable in art.

Animals Through Chinese History

Author : Roel Sterckx
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108428150
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Animals Through Chinese History written by Roel Sterckx and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative collection opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. This title is also available as Open Access.

Where Did All the Flowers Go?

Author : David Zheng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737045809
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Where Did All the Flowers Go? written by David Zheng and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covid-19 shook the world in 2020, claiming countless lives and devastating businesses throughout the US. In New York City's Chinatown, due to fears of the virus and anti-Asian sentiment, the fragile community saw a 50-70% drop in business forcing many stores to shutter for good - many of whom laid the foundation for their livelihoods over five decades ago. Chinatown, one of the few remaining ethnic enclaves in NYC, is pushed to the brink.A once vibrant and resilient immigrant community comes to an abrupt stop. Empty storefronts line the streets, a majority of which may not survive past the year. Graffiti and ripped posters adorned on decaying walls signal a cry for help. And although the photographs depict a deteriorating neighborhood during a pandemic, questions of survival as an immigrant in America arise. What happens next, will we be taken care of? How far did we really come, or is this the end? Challenging the ethos of the "American dream".

The Reason for Flowers

Author : Stephen Buchmann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147675554X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Reason for Flowers written by Stephen Buchmann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fascinating...Buchmann’s knowledge and enthusiasm jump off the page.” —The Wall Street Journal “An extraordinarily good book.” —Edward O. Wilson The lively and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, lore, economics, and ecology of the world ’s flowers, written by a devoted scientist and illustrated with his stunning photographs. Flowers—and the fruits they often become—feed, clothe, and inspire us. Indeed, they have done so for all of human history. Yet although we use flowers to celebrate important occasions, to express love, and to please our senses, we know little about them, their functions in nature, or even how we depend on them. In a volume that will delight gardeners, naturalists, cooks, artists, or anyone interested in history or culture, pollination ecologist Stephen Buchmann serves as an expert guide through the fascinating world of flowers. He explains how other species relate to flowers in ways crucial to the natural world. Next he takes us on an engaging exploration of the roles flowers play in the production of food, spices, medicines, and perfumes. Flowering plants, Buchmann then shows, have long served as inspirational themes in art and literature. Flowers have in fact so thoroughly seduced us that we now buy some ten million a day, driving breeders to create infinite varieties and unusual blooms. In this cultural and natural investigation of floral history, Stephen Buchmann’s masterful narrative illuminates just why there is, indeed, a reason for flowers.

Crafting a Collection

Author : Anna Shields
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684174309
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Crafting a Collection written by Anna Shields and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Compiled in 940 at the court of the kingdom of Shu, the Huajian ji is the earliest extant collection of song lyrics by literati poets. The collection has traditionally been studied as the precursor to the lyrics of the Song dynasty, or in terms of what it contributed to the later development of the genre. But scholars have rarely examined the work as an anthology, and have more often focused on the work of individual poets and their respective contributions to the genre. In this book, Anna Shields examines the influence of court culture on the creation of the anthology and the significance of imitation and convention in its lyrics. Shields suggests that by considering the Huajian ji only in terms of its contributions to a later “model,” we unnecessarily limit ourselves to a single literary form, and risk overlooking the broader influence of Tang culture on the Huajian ji. By illuminating the historical and literary contexts of the anthology, the author aims to situate the Huajian ji within larger questions of Chinese literary history, particularly the influence of cultural forces on the emergence of genres and the development of romantic literature."