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Author : François Fourcade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Art
ISBN : OCLC:469933058
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:251628837
Author : Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot,David Shambaugh
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295801384
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 : Wango H. C. Weng,Boda Yang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : 0856134562
Author : Karl E. Meyer,Shareen Blair Brysac
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781466879294
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 : Yin Cao
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : 1741741432
Forewords / Michael Brand, Chen Chi-nan -- Heaven and earth in Chinese art / Yin Cao -- Nature in Chinese philosophy / Karyn Lai -- The workds of art -- Heaven and earth -- Seasons -- Places -- Landscape -- Humanity -- List of works and entries -- Timeline of Chinese dynasties -- Selected bibliography
Author : François Fourcade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Art
ISBN : OCLC:251628837
From the Imperial Palace collections.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:80405030
Author : Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : UCAL:B4925165
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1431339574
Author : China (Republic)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : OCLC:52009906
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : OCLC:12031097
Author : 國立故宮博物院,Wen Fong,James C. Y. Watt
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780810964945
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 : Jian Li,Li He,Hou-mei Sung,Ma Shengnan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : UCSD:31822041298415
Author : 國立故宮博物院
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : OCLC:1108879008