Treasures of Dunhuang Grottoes

Polyspring Co, Ltd. 2002. (ISBN: 9628578723). Soft cover. Book, English and Chinese text.; Paperback.; 24,5 x 26 cm.; 1,295 Kg; 292 pages.; Revised first edition.; "In this book, there are pictures and detailed information about some 238 items of Dunhuang cultural relics, including the Dunhuang Murals, colour statues, and silk paintings. They are typical of the Dunhuang arts of different periods in history. We can see aesthetical approaches of different ethnic groups from their distinctive styles and the exceptional artistry they represent. For each of the items, we have prepared the original introduction and a special report. Pictures of some unique items are enlarged partly so as to help us grasp their romantic charm. Therefore, this book is of importance to academic studies and research work. With its help, we can improve our research work and studies on this subject and fully appreciate the Dunhuang arts." excerpt from the preface. Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 551B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 9628578723 dunhuang art,dunhuang history,murals,statues,silk paintings Asian Art

ALLDERIDGE, PATRICIA

The Late Richard Dadd 1817 - 1886

Tate Gallery Publications Department, London. 1974. (ISBN: 0900874783). Soft cover. Book, English text.; Paperback.; 21 x 30 cm ; 0.8 Kg.; 172 pages with mainly black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior. Edgewear. Interior in very good condition.; Catalogue from the exhibition of 19 June - 18 August 1974 at Tate Gallery London.; "Richard Dadd is mainly known today as the artist of 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke' in the Tate Gallery and as the man who murdered his father and was, as a result confined to Bethlem Hospital for life. With this exhibition we are showing for the first time the whole range of Dadd's work in all its variaty. Included is almost every known painting and drawing that can be traced. For this we are indebted to Patricia Allderidge, Archivist to the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital, who has been researching into Dadd's work for several years and has discovered much new material. She has selected the works and written the catalogue which contains entries on all Dadd's recorded work, much of which is now lost.". Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 615B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 0900874783 paintgs,masterpieces,richard dadd Collections and exhibitions

CASTRO, NUNO DE

A Carreira Da índia E As Suas Causas

ACD Editores, Portugal. 2004, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9728855044). Soft cover. Book, Portuguese Text; Paperback.; 20 x 27.9 cm; 0.8 Kg; 251 pages; New, with signs of shelf wear.; In deepening the historical research on the "Indian Career", the author came across some gaps in the reality of this saga, which led to the publication of this study in which it seeks to clarify some historical omissions and clarify lesser-known facts from this golden period of navigation. As New/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 871B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 9728855044 india,history,vasco da gama,bartolomeu dias

FALCÃO, JOSÉ ANTÓNIO

As Formas Do Espírito: Arte Sacra Da Diocese de Beja (Two Volumes)

Departamento do Património Histórico e Artístico da Diocese de Beja, Portugal. 2003. (ISBN: 972835407X). Hardcover. Book, Portuguese text; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 24 x 31 cm; 3.242 Kg; Two volumes, lacks the third. Volume I: 282 pages, Volume II 167 pages, with colour illustrations.; Used books with signs of wear. Good condition overall.; This publication results from an exhibition first displayed in Rome and then in the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal. Similarly to other books published by the Diocese of Beja, the three volume publication is an outcome of the systematic surveying of the artistic heritage of the Alentejo region, undertaken since 1984. This highly enlightening book exhibits man's spirituality in South Alentejo, a region with an anthropological history that has not always been understood by foreigners, and that is heavily influenced by a taste for colour and the exotic. Along with showing objects that are very characteristic of its local culture, it also includes artworks from Persia, Egypt, India and China. Each volume of this book represents a stage in the mystic journey, under the titles of Twilight, Dawn and Evening. The objects presented date from the 6th century AD to the present day and derive from different categories of the decorative arts, including paintings, sculptures, garments and jewellery. With beautiful images and details of the pieces, very thorough descriptions, accompanied by extensive and updated bibliography, this book reveals genuine treasures of art and spirituality. Good/No Jacket.

Jorge Welsh Works of Art LdaVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 379B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 972835407X RELIGION,PAINTINGS,SCULPTURES,GARMENTS,JEWELLERY,PERSIA,EGYPT,INDIA,CHINA Persia, Egypt, India and China

FERRO, MARIA INÊS

Queluz: The Palace and the Gardens

Scala Books, an imprint of Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London. 1998. (ISBN: 9789278087401). Soft cover. Book, English text.; Paperback.; 19,5 x 27,5 cm; 0.540 Kg; 128 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear in the interior. The exterior show signs of shelf wear.; This publication serves as a guide for the interiors and gardens of the Palace of Queluz in Portugal. Describing the architectural development of the palace, the author dwells into its history, of those who inhabited it, and those who influenced its course throughout its long existence. Through the palace's physical characteristics, both interior and exterior, the readers are able to learn about the development of architecture, decorative arts, history, court culture and landscape in Portugal. The book is enriched with striking architectural plans showing the changes made to the palace through time, with images of the pieces in the palace's collection and contemporary photographs of the palace and its gardens. It is also complemented with a bibliography for those who intend to deepen their knowledge, followed by an index for those looking for a specific subject regarding the Palace of Queluz and its gardens. Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 401B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 9789278087401 PORTUGAL,QUELUZ PALACE,INTERIORS,GARDENS

HUTH, HANS

Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an Industry 1550-1950

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. 1971. (ISBN: 0226363155). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 28 cm; 1.597 Kg; 158 pages plus appendix with 386 plates. 400 illustrations, including 16 in colour.; Used with signs of wear, namely the dust jacket that shows tears and wear marks. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The interior shows some yellowing.; Beautifully illustrated, this book is the first comprehensive study in English of the history of Western lacquer. Hans Huth investigates the development of this art from its inception as a craft in Venice to its spread throughout Europe and North America, and ultimately to the industrialization and decline in the nineteenth century. He gathers together and examines all pertinent data: literature, documents, and examples. The resulting historical survey establishes sixteenth and seventeenth century Venice as the center for the earliest Western lacquerwork. Venetian influence expanded the lacquer vogue to the rest of Italy and beyond, and Mr. Huth devotes individual chapters to the discussion of other European countries and their distinctive contributions to the art of lacquerwork. The last chapter is concerned with the rise and decline of the lacquer industry and ends by pointing out certain trends, especially in Russia and Belgium, which tend to promise a limited reappearance of the lacquer craft. Although the book deals with a very specialized subject, Huth succeeds in relating it to the more general artistic, intellectual, and economic aspects of Western culture. There are over 400 illustrations, including sixteen color plates - many published here for the first time - which provide a visual survey of the material covered, and the volume is supplemented by a chronological table of publications of lacquer from 1550 to the time of this publication. Lacquer of the West will be of interest not only to the specialist, the museum curator, and connoisseur, but to antique collectors in general and those interested in the history of the commerce. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Jorge Welsh Works of Art LdaVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 351B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 0226363155 LACQUER,WEST,ITALY,FRANCE,GERMANY,HISTORY,INDUSTRY,ENGLAND,NORTH AMERICA,NETHERLANDS,SCANDINAVIA,RUSSIA

CARSWELL, JOHN AND DOWSETT, C.J.F

Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St. James, Jerusalem (2 Volumes)

Oxford University Press. 1972, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jackets); 24 x 33.2 cm; Volume 1-The Pictorial Tiles and Other Vessels, including catalogue of inscribed and dated armenian pottery by John Carswell and an edition of the armenian texts with a translation and notes by C.J.F. Dowsett (ISBN: 0-19-817176-5, 1.2 Kg, 132 pages) and Volume 2-A Historical Survey of the Kutahya Industry and a Catalogue of the Decorative Tiles by John Carswell (ISBN 0-19-817176-5, 1.5 Kg, 207 pages).; Colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackets and on the interior. The dust jacket is price clipped, and show signs of wear, namely minor tears. The dust jackets are now protected with clearcovers. Some pages of volume 2 have signs of have been bent at the bottom of the pages. Interior in good condition.; Volume II is signed by the author with a dedication to a previous owner.; In A.D. 1718/19, Armenian potters in Kutahya in north-western Turkey made a series of pictorial tiles for the restoration of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Never used for their original purpose, the majority were instead set in the walls of the Armenian Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem. Painted with Biblical subjects, the original sequence has now been reconstructed, on the basis of an Armenian chronicle written on the lower margins. The chronicle itself contains interesting details concerning the spiritual and temporal fortunes of the Armeninan Patriarchate in Jerusalem in the early eighteenth century. In the first volume, bowls and dishes similarly decorated, and part of the same donation, are also described, and there is a detailed catalogue of all inscribed and dated Kutahya pottery throughout the world. The second volume uses this material to trace the origins and development of the Kutahya pottery industry from the fifteenth century onwards, and its relationship to the Ottoman pottery industry at Isnik. There is also a catalogue of the different types of Kutahya tiles, amongst the thousands used to decorate the Cathedral and its dependant churches in Jerusalem, during the renovations that took place between A.D. 1727-37. Copiously illustrated with colour and monochrome plates, text figures, and plans, the work also gives details of Kutahya tiles in churches and mosques throughout the Near East. There are also separate studies on hanging ornaments, incense-holders, Chinese porcelain tiles and Kutahya copies of them, potters' marks, and a spectrographic analysys of samples of Kutahya, Isnik, Damascus, and other pottery, including the famous Godman ewer and water-bottle. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Jorge Welsh Works of Art LdaVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 814B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: pottery,ceramics,tiles,cathedral of st. james jerusalem,tiles

GORDON K., ANTOINETTE

The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism (Revised Edition)

Hacker Art Books, New York. 1988, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 0878173129). Hardcover. Book, English text.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket); 24 x 31.5 cm; 1.7 Kg; 31 pages with foreword, contents and introduction plus 131 pages with black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover cloth. Interior in very good condition except for a previous owner stamp on front free endpaper and a previous bookseller sticker on the rear of the back cover.; Reprinted from the second edition (revised and enlarged) Charles E. Tutle Co. Rutland, Vermont 1959.; "The first part of the book deals with 'Ritual Objects', 'Talismans", "Symbols", Mudras (symbolic hand poses), Asanas and Vahanas (position of lower limbs), and various kinds of paintings such as Thang-ka (paintings of divinities), Mandala (ritual diagrams), Tshong-shing (assemblage of divinities), and Bhavacakramudra (commonly known as 'Wheel of Life'. The major portion of the book is devoted to the classification, and interpretation of numerous Buddhist divinities, gods on non-Buddhist Tibetan origin, and historical persons who became deified. The most important addition to the present revised edition is the inclusion of the Narthang Series of 31 Thang-kas, which represent incidents in the former lives of Gautama before he attained enlightenment. These 31 Thang-kas constitute the first group of the collection of the late Baron von Stael-Holstein of Peking, which was later added to the Tibetan Collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York." excerpt from the critical review by Joseph M. Kitagawa, The Journal of Religion 41, no. 2 (Apr. 1961): 144-145. Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 518B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Mots-clés: 0878173129 tibetan lamaism,sanskrit pronunciation,ritual objects,symbols,mudras,asanas,vahanas,paintings,sacred images,buddhas, Asian Art