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ISBN: 9780646017655
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Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
Author:
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ISBN: 9780646017655
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646017655
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
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Treasures from the Shanghai Museum 6, 000 Year of Chinese Art
Author: Rene-Yvon Lefebvre D'Argence
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Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
Author: René Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
Treasures from Shanghai Museum
Author: René-Yvon Lefebvre d' Argencé
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
Author: Exhibition Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
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Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Treasures from the Shanghai Museum
Chinese Paintings from the Shanghai Museum, 1851-1911
Author: Guolin Shan
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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In the 19th century Shanghai was a prosperous center of trade with the West, and external influences combined with established cultural traditions to ensure that a lively artistic scene developed. This book is a rare opportunity to discover some of the exquisite paintings from the Shanghai Museum. Superb color illustrations accompany entries on individual artists. Many of the paintings represented were created for the home market rather than for export and reveal diverse and unusual views of China. The versatility and beauty of styles and composition provide a unique view into the cultural life of the city, making this book one to treasure. (National Museums of Scotland)
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In the 19th century Shanghai was a prosperous center of trade with the West, and external influences combined with established cultural traditions to ensure that a lively artistic scene developed. This book is a rare opportunity to discover some of the exquisite paintings from the Shanghai Museum. Superb color illustrations accompany entries on individual artists. Many of the paintings represented were created for the home market rather than for export and reveal diverse and unusual views of China. The versatility and beauty of styles and composition provide a unique view into the cultural life of the city, making this book one to treasure. (National Museums of Scotland)
The China Collectors
Author: Karl E. Meyer
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466879297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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?
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466879297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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?
The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures
Author: Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295997559
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295997559
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description