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	Adolph Gottlieb: A Survey Exhibition - 8448226844 Adolph Gottlieb: A Survey Exhibition is the catalog for the Gottlieb exhibition at the IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain, in early 2001. The Foreword states Abstract Expressionism is an approach that revolutionized the art of painting in the mid-twentieth century. It originated in America among a relatively small number of artists. As we begin a new century, this complex form is being examined by new generations of artists, scholars and audiences. Adolph Gottlieb (1903-197... $22.50     View Details Add To Cart
	A Flight With Fame: The Life & Art of Frederick MacMonnies - 0932087523 Frederick MacMonnies was a major figure in American Art. Of course, he was primarily a sculptor, but especially at the turn of the century he was also a fascinating painter. Even in his glyptic work, MacMonnies is surely the most painterly of all American sculptors. But unlike his two contemporaries, Augustus Saint Gaudens and Daniel Chester French, who with him formed a great trio of late nineteenth century sculptors, and about whose careers numerous book-length studies exist, MacMonn... $77.50     View Details Add To Cart
	African Art from Crocodiles to Convertibles in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum - 0932216242 The Seattle Art Museum has the good fortune to accommodate the Katherine White Collection. Acquired in 1981, it retains a reputation as an authoritative selection of African art of exceptionally high quality. The precedent set by Katherine White's discerning eyes and documentation efforts has helped to raise the connoisseurship in the field of African art. One widely debated issue for connoisseurs of African art is that of authenticity. Museums are committed to continually reviewing their hol... $6.50     View Details Add To Cart
	A Gathering Place: Artmaking by Asian/Pacific Women in Traditional & Contemporary Directions - 1877921130 A Gathering Place: Artmaking by Asian/Pacific Women in Traditional & Contemporary Directions catalogs an exhibition of works by traditional and contemporary women artists of American Asian Pacific communities. The artists range in age from late twenties to late eighties and, though they all happen to be women and of Asian or Pacific Island heritage, they represent the kind of artistic diversity that can be found in any group of artists. As women they must all confron t their cultures e... $10.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts - 0954604814 This volume presents contemporary Chinese woodcuts from the Muban Foundation. A groundbreaking reference in a new and exciting field for collectors and students of art history, it includes authoritative essays by An Bin, Julia F. Andrews, Ellen Johnston Laing and Frances Wood. Hwang Yin has provided biographies of the artists and David Barker contributes a glossary of Chinese printmaking terms. The Muban Foundation was formed in June 1997 by Christer von der Burg and the late Verena Bolinder... $82.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Arts of India by Joseph M. Dye - 1588860639 From the austere dignity of a Jain Thirthankara sculpture to the rich colors of Rajput paintings, the Indian collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts represents the scope of Indian art at its most expressive. Widely regarded as one of the finest in the United States, this collection was established in 1968 when funds provided by Paul Mellon enabled the Museum to purchase more than a hundred paintings, sculptures, textiles and decorative objects from New York art dealer Nasli Heeramaneck... $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art - 0932216226 The Japanese crane, a most auspicious symbol in Japan, has figured importantly in Japanese culture and art since ancient times, appearing over the centuries in almost every possible medium as a universal sign of goodwill. The title A Thousand Cranes is a metaphor for the spiritual grace and dignity that imbue the ninety art objects and cultural relics described in this lavishly illustrated book. Based on the Seattle Art Museum's world-renowned collection of Japanese art, this volume w... $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Exquisite Moments: West Lake and Southern Song Art - 0965427056 This exhibition reevaluates Southern Song art in the context of the geography, cultural traditions and historical references of West Lake in Hangzhou. The Southern Song (1127 - 1279) capital of Lin an, located near beautiful West Lake, was the center of a dynasty that looked largely inward. In this regard, the story of Southern Song art can be presented in a manner that is site specific. The exhibition includes over 50 paintings (album leaves, hanging scrolls and fan paintings) and lustrous c... $45.38     View Details Add To Cart
	Extraordinary Persons : Works by Eccentric, Non-Conformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580-1868) - 1891771000 The Powers Collection, formed with the assistance of leading Japanese scholars, is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the West and includes works by such outstanding painters as Yosa Buson, Ike no Taiga, and Uragami Gyokudo and literary figures such as novelist Ihara Saikaku and poet Matsuo Basho. This new catalogue is the result of studies of the collection undertaken for nearly thirty years by Harvard University faculty and students under the direction of John Rosenfield, an outs... $142.50     View Details Add To Cart
	History of Tibetan Painting: The Great Tibetan Painters and Their Traditions - 3700122241 This volume explores the sacred painting traditions of Tibet from the mid-15 through 20th centuries on the basis of both surviving remains and the extensive written sources that survive in the Tibetan language. It attempts to identify and date the main painting schools of post-14th century Tibet and locates for the first time paintings that can confidently be linked to some of the founding masters. The book includes a survey of the main available Tibetan sources and studies, both traditional ... $119.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Icart by S. Michael Schnessel - 088740099X Louise Icart's light-hearted etchings, impressionistic oil paintings and erotic watercolors have become sought-after treasures both in France and in America. In keeping with the present Art Deco revival and the interest in art of the period between the two world wars, this is a complete, extensively researched study of the life and works of Icart. A rich sampling of the artists etchings is presented with detailed descriptions of his engraving techniques; representative oil paintings show the ... $23.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Japanese Prints During The Allied Occupation 1945-1952 - 1588860191 In 1945 much of urban Japan lay in ruins, the land occupied by foreign powers for the first time in the country's history. To many Japanese it seemed that everything had been lost, but in fact the nation would quickly demonstrate - and on a much larger scale than ever before - its ability to recover physically, economically and culturally from apparent disaster. In the visual arts, the years between 1945 and 1952 were a period of steady progress and considerable achievement in painting, calli... $47.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Japanese Prints: The Baur Collection (2 Volumes) - 2880310075 The last and the tenth of the series, this long-awaited, magnificent catalog showcases masterpieces of Japanese prints housed in the Baur Collection. The collection comprises more than 600 prints, spanning from the 18th century, 'classical' period, through the 19th century, with its strong holding in the 19th century triptychs. Highlights of the 18th-century prints include fine groups of compositions by Harunobu; Katsukawa school actor prints; a fair group of fashionable ladies and courtesans... $219.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Kathmandu Valley Painting: The Jucker Collection - 0906026520 For most lovers of Nepalese art, the Jucker collection will come as a revelation. The core of the collection was assembled during the 1960s in India, with a few well-judged additions in recent years filling in the remaining stylistic and iconographic lacunae. The collection as it stands gives excellent overall view of the painting tradition in the Kathmandu Valley from the thirteenth to the early twentieth century - including several extremely rare scrolls for which there are no comparable pi... $45.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Life of Buddha Sakyamuni and the 53 Visits of Sudhana - 9627571040 This 2-volume set illustrates in its entirely 2 picture albums: The Life of Buddha Sukyamuni and The 53 Visits of Sudhana, now kept in the Shanxi Provincial Museum. The are copies of the wall paintings of the Chongshan Monastery (formerly called Baima Si) in Tai Yuan city, Shanxi province, which has a long history since the Tang dynasty. The first depicts the life and achievements of the Buddha and the latter a story of Sudhana's attainment of Buddhahood. These two precious paintings are gems... $212.50     View Details Add To Cart

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