Download or read book Asian Art Museum of San Francisco selected works written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco written by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and published by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. This book was released on 1994-06-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic guide to the Asian Art Museum's collections, now in its seventh printing

Download or read book Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Collection Highlights written by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and published by Asian Art Museum. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, thousands of visitors flock to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the largest museum devoted exclusively to the arts of Asia in the United States. Featuring more than 18,000 artworks, the museum's world-class collection highlights the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture. This book presents two hundred and thirty exemplary works spanning both ancient and modern times. Among its many treasures, readers will find a Japanese clay jar from 3000-2000 BCE, a Chinese bronze Buddha dating to 338, a seventeenth-century Indian painting from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), a mid-twentieth-century Korean wrapping cloth, and a new Thai work made from textile, window mesh, safety pins, and amulets. A collaboration between museum curators, artists, educators, and collectors, the book also takes an in-depth look at fourteen masterpieces selected for their beauty, rarity, and historical importance. Stunning full-color photographs and new texts—including a foreword by museum director Ja Xu—offer fresh perspectives on both ancient and contemporary objects. A handsome addition to any art history collection, this volume is an essential resource for museum visitors as well as anyone interested in Asian art.

Download or read book The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco written by Thomas Christensen and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Located in the heart of San Francisco's dynamic civic center, the Asian Art Musuem - Chong-Moon Lee Center occupies a historic beaux art building that has been transformed by architect Gene Aulenti into a showplace for one of the finest collections of Asian art in the Western world. The collection includes about 15,000 objects spanning more than 6,000 years of history and representing cultures throughout Asia."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Bridge to Understanding written by Thomas Christensen and published by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. This book was released on 2003-03-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to the new Asian Art Museum in San Francisco's Civic Center

Download or read book The Art of Korea written by Kumja Paik Kim and published by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than 100 highlights of the collection, along with detailed commentaries by Kumja Paik Kim

Download or read book Collected Letters written by Tiffany Beres and published by Asian Art Museum. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a 50th anniversary gift to the museum, the Society for Asian Art has commissioned a major work by Liu Jianhua, one of China's best-known contemporary installation artists. The work comprises approximately 2,500 pieces of white porcelain formed into letters of the English alphabet and components of Chinese characters, suspended from the ceiling of the second-floor loggia. The artist provides only the building blocks of words, leaving it to viewers to create meaning. The artwork's location is especially apropos: the space offers an opportunity for dialogue with the original engraved literary quotations on the loggia's walls, dating to the building's previous incarnation as San Francisco's Main Library.

Download or read book A Life Devoted to Art written by Eleanor Glaser and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an in-depth exploration of the life and work of a prominent artist, exploring their background and inspirations, as well as their artistic techniques and contributions to the field. A must-read for artists and enthusiasts alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Art of Japan written by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the museum founded by Avery Brundage is this gift book for lovers of Far East or Asian art, which showcases 145 of the museums finest works. In individual chapters, the volume features paintings and calligraphy; ceramics; metalware; lacquerware; and costume, inro, and netsuke, encompassing everything from prehistoric artifacts to 19th-century masterpieces. With 165 color photographs and a complementary text by curator Yoshiko Kakudo. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Carlos Villa written by Mark Dean Johnson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This exhibition was organized to help celebrate the sesquicentennial of the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)"--Acknowledgements.

Download or read book Yoga written by Debra Diamond and published by Smithsonian Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Yoga: The Art of Transformation, October 19, 2013 - January 26, 2014. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the exhibition travels to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 22-May 18, 2014, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 22-September 7, 2014."

Download or read book Oriental Works of Art written by Sotheby, Parke-Bernet Los Angeles and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Newsletter East Asian Art and Archaeology written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Emperors Treasures written by Jay Xu and published by Asian Art Museum  . This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emperors' Treasures features artworks from the renowned National Palace Museum, Taipei. It encompasses paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, lacquer ware, jades, and textiles exemplifying the finest craftsmanship and imperial taste. The Chinese art book book explores the identities of eight Chinese rulers—seven emperors and one empress—who reigned from the early 12th through early 20th centuries. They are portrayed in a story line that highlights artworks of their eras, from the dignified Song to the coarse yet subtle Yuan, and from the brilliant Ming until the final, dazzling Qing period. Emperors' Treasures examines each ruler's distinct contribution to the arts and how each developed his or her aesthetic and connoisseurship.

Download or read book Flower Power written by Dany Chan and published by Asian Art Museum. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967, the phrase "flower power" transformed the commonplace flower into a Buddhist-inspired symbol of peace. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of San Francisco's "Summer of Love," this art and design book showcases the expressive powers of flowers in Asian arts and cultures. Beginning in ancient times, a language of flowers, where certain blooms suggest specific themes, was communicated in art throughout Asia. Here forty artworks, all drawn from the Asian Art Museum's renowned collection, focus on six celebrated flowers—lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip, and rose—and the messages they convey.

Download or read book The Art of South and Southeast Asia written by Steven Kossak and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2001 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents works of art selected from the South and Southeast Asian and Islamic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, lessons plans, and classroom activities.

Download or read book Epic Tales from Ancient India written by San Diego Museum of Art and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Painting and the Art of Storytelling / Marika Sardar -- Incarnations of the Bhagavata / Neeraja Poddar -- The Ramayana and Other Tales of Rama / Marika Sardar -- Stories of Music, Love, and the Seasons: Ragamala Paintings / Marika Sardar -- Persian-Language Literature in India / Qamar Adamjee -- The Shahmana in India / Alka Patel