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Author : Seattle Art Museum
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Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum written by Seattle Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Seattle Art Museum
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Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Chinese Jades in the Seattle Art Museum written by Seattle Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James C. Y. Watt
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Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chinese Jades from Han to Chʻing written by James C. Y. Watt and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Seattle Art Museum
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ISBN 13 : 9780932216717
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A Fuller View of China written by Seattle Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1933, the Seattle Art Museum is home to a premier collection of Chinese art. This book is the first to chronicle and analyze the growth of the collection, which was largely assembled during the first half of the twentieth century. Reviewing more than one hundred boxes of museum archives, annual reports, correspondences, and available records of all transactions, Josh Yiu provides a nuanced account of Seattle's Chinese art collection, and reconsiders the "golden age" of collecting Chinese art in the early twentieth century. Yiu demonstrates the challenges for Westerners to acquire authentic objects of historical significance when Chinese art study in the West was in its nascent stage. He argues that a first-rate collection is a condition that needs to be maintained through relentless quest for superior objects. As a case in point, Seattle's collection of more than 2,500 objects was not merely accumulated over time, but distilled through decades of nimble acquisitions and deaccessions. The main figure behind this story is the founding director Dr. Richard Fuller (1897-1976), who started collecting as early as the 1910s. In contrast to conventional hagiographical accounts of museum patrons, Yiu shows how Fuller's interest shifted from tourist souvenirs to high-quality objects that represent China's artistic legacy, and how he refined the collection over time. Gradually Fuller became a great collector through diligent study and earnest consultation with experts, such as Sherman Lee. The book thus serves as a vivid reminder that good collection requires much more than resources and "good taste."
Author : Seattle Art Museum
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ISBN 13 : 9780932216311
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Early Chinese Metalwork in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum written by Seattle Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sam Bernstein
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book Collecting Chinese Jade written by Sam Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Collecting Chinese Jade' informs the reader about aesthetic considerations and provides a methodology for collecting. Nearly sixty outstanding Chinese jade objects are described and illustrated in full color. Each object is reviewed in the context of the most recent archaeological information. Detailed notes to the text are provided so that the reader may explore further. By studying the stylistic and physical characteristics of these examples, the collector may apply this knowledge to his or her won quest for the best."--Cover
Author : Fogg Art Museum
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Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University written by Fogg Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kako Crisci
Publisher : Dynastic Jade Gallery
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Total Pages : 172 pages
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Download or read book Jade of the Shang Dynasty written by Kako Crisci and published by Dynastic Jade Gallery. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From around 3000 to 1900BC, the late Neolithic period was a time of transition. In Mesopotamia, Egypt, and all around the Mediterranean basin, better living standards saw the rise of new cultures. In China Far East, along the Yellow River, settlements started to flourish and create their own unique identity. Jade was a precious and extremely difficult to carve mineral, mainly dedicated to the service of rituals or religious ceremonies. However, for a long time, the Shang dynasty jade design was regarded as a mere reproduction of the widely available bronzes the Shang were known for. In this book, the author revisits pre-conceived historical knowledge and, based on the research of well-respected scholar Hayashi Minao and expert historians Deng Shuping and Cai Qingliang, proposes that many of the jades pieces exhibited today in museums and private collections may have come from distinct earlier cultures and that bronze design may have been influenced by these devotional objects, not the reverse. Part one of this book, Jade from the early and middle Shang, presents the historical context in which cultures such as the Erlitou and the Erligang developed their unique style before being assimilated into the later Shang Dynasty. Part two, Jade from the late Shang, focuses on specific examples of ceremonial, weapons, and decorative jade to prove further that these pieces may actually have been anterior to the predominantly bronze ear and, by doing so, bring to light the exceptional craftsmanship of much older cultures. Eighty-four illustrations and photographs of unique jade artworks open a unique window of appreciation for these late neolithic times' sophisticated and little-known cultures.
Author : Ming Wilson
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
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Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( 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 : Rene-Yvon Lefebvre D'Argence
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ISBN 13 : 9781878529626
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection written by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre D'Argence and published by . This book was released on 1977-12-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalog of the famous collection of Chinese jade from the Avery Brundage Collection housed in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, ranging in date from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty.
