Download or read book Korea s Treasures Bells other Buddhist Instruments Ceramics Archaeological Meterials written by Korea (South). Munʼgyobu and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treasures of Korean Art written by Chae-wŏn Kim and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Arts of Korea written by Elizabeth Hammer and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the rich artistic heritage of Korea: a blend of native tradition, foreign infusions, and sophisticated technical skill.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Harvard University Fine Arts Library the Fogg Art Museum written by Harvard University. Fine Arts Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Museums of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Museums of the World written by Bettina Bartz and published by München ; New York : K.G. Saur. This book was released on 1992 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum Samsung Museum of Art written by Soyoung Lee and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold, sophisticated, engaging, and startlingly modern, Buncheong ceramics emerged as a distinct Korean art form in the 15th and 16th centuries, only to be eclipsed on its native ground for more than 400 years by the overwhelming demand for porcelain. Elements from the Buncheong idiom were later revived in Japan, where its spare yet sensual aesthetic was much admired and where descendants of Korean potters lived and worked. This innovative study features 60 masterpieces from the renowned Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, as well as objects from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and presents current scholarship on Buncheong's history, manufacture, use, and overall significance. The book illustrates why this historical art form continues to resonate with Korean and Japanese ceramists working today and with contemporary viewers worldwide.
Download or read book Buddhist Art of Myanmar written by Sylvia Fraser-Lu and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning showcase of exceptional and rare works of Buddhist art, presented to the international community for the first time The practice of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) has resulted in the production of dazzling objects since the 5th century. This landmark publication presents the first overview of these magnificent works of art from major museums in Myanmar and collections in the United States, including sculptures, paintings, textiles, and religious implements created for temples and monasteries, or for personal devotion. Many of these pieces have never before been seen outside of Myanmar. Accompanied by brilliant color photography, essays by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Donald M. Stadtner, and scholars from around the world synthesize the history of Myanmar from the ancient through colonial periods and discuss the critical links between religion, geography, governance, historiography, and artistic production. The authors examine the multiplicity of styles and techniques throughout the country, the ways Buddhist narratives have been conveyed through works of art, and the context in which the diverse objects were used. Certain to be the essential resource on the subject, Buddhist Art of Myanmar illuminates two millennia of rarely seen masterpieces.
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 The Archaeological Excavation of the 10th Century written by Michael Flecker and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997 Michael Flecker investigated a shipwreck in the north Java sea. The wreck comprised the remains of a mid 10th-century ship with its cargo of thousands of ceramic and non-ceramic artefacts. This report describes the methodology and aims of the underwater operation, discusses the finds that were recovered and places these within the context of maritime archaeology in southeast Asia. Flecker evaluates the evidence from the Intan shipwreck alongside contemporary historical information about sea travel, ports, trade routes and cargoes.
Download or read book The Sacred Garden of Lumbini written by Kai Weise and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1997. It is situated in an area commonly referred to as the 'Sacred Garden'. Archaeological remains testify to the authenticity of the place, which has become a major pilgrimage site. Nevertheless over two and a half millennia, the understanding of Lumbini has changed and different perceptions exist of what Lumbini might have been like at the birth of Lord Buddha. For the long-term safeguarding of this World Heritage site, overall understanding of the property is essential. This publication will provide a means for the various stakeholders to come to an understanding of each other's historical, religious, environmental and touristic perspectives of Lumbini.
Download or read book Museums of the World written by Konrad Stimmel and published by München ; New York : K.G. Saur. This book was released on 1995 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...This guide should greatly assist public & academic librarians & their users."--JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP. "...MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD is an essential tool..."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. Completely updated with information supplied by administrators & staff, this edition of MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD provides valuable research & professional information for some 24,000 museums worldwide. Organized by country & city within individual nations, entries include address...telephone & fax numbers...description of holdings & facilities...museum director's name...& more. The latest edition of this indispensable resource also includes three indexes--Name Index for museums, Name Index for persons, & a Subject Index--to make searching easier. The Subject Index is especially comprehensive & offers 250 cross-referenced headings for such diverse areas as Aeronautics, Arms & Armor, Graphic Arts, Indian Artifacts, Jewelry, Painted & Stained Glass, & Railroads.
Download or read book Copper and Bronze in Art written by David A. Scott and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a review of 190 years of literature on copper and its alloys. It integrates information on pigments, corrosion and minerals, and discusses environmental conditions, conservation methods, ancient and historical technologies.
Download or read book Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road written by Adam T. Kessler and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road disproves received opinion that pre-Ming blue and white dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.) and establishes the proper foundation for 21st century study of ancient Chinese porcelain.
Download or read book Museums of the World written by Michael Zils and published by München [Germany] : K.G. Saur. This book was released on 2000 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This guide should greatly assist public and academic librarians and their users." JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP "Museums of the World is an essential tool." -AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL Completely updated with data supplied by museum administrators and staff, Museums of the World provides valuable information and insight on some 39,000 museums worldwide. Organized by country and city within individual nations, each detailed museum profile includes address...e-mail addresses...websites...telephone and fax numbers...description of holdings and facilities...director's name...and more. This indispensable resource also includes three indexes - Names Index for Museums, Name Index for Persons, and Subject Index - to make research easier. The particularly useful Subject Index offers cross-referenced headings for such diverse areas as Aeronautics, Arms and Armor, Graphic Arts, Indian Artifacts, Jewelry, Painted and Stained Glass, and Railroads. from K. G. Saur.
Download or read book Architects of Buddhist Leisure written by Justin Thomas McDaniel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region—in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia’s culture of Buddhist leisure—what he calls “socially disengaged Buddhism”—through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how “secular” and “religious,” “public” and “private,” are in many ways false binaries. Moreover, places like Lek Wiriyaphan’s Sanctuary of Truth in Thailand, Suối Tiên Amusement Park in Saigon, and Shi Fa Zhao’s multilevel museum/ritual space/tea house in Singapore reflect a growing Buddhist ecumenism built through repetitive affective encounters instead of didactic sermons and sectarian developments. They present different Buddhist traditions, images, and aesthetic expressions as united but not uniform, collected but not concise: Together they form a gathering, not a movement. Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the way. Parks and museums are complex adaptive systems that are changed and influenced by budgets, available materials, local and global economic conditions, and visitors. Architects must often compromise and settle at local optima, and no matter what they intend, their buildings will develop lives of their own. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure asks readers to question the very category of “religious” architecture. It challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture.
Download or read book The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture written by John Kieschnick and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-06 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism had a profound effect not only on Chinese philosophy and ritual, but also on the material culture of China. Examining the impact of books, bridges, sugar, tea and the chair, amongst other things, this text looks at how attitudes to such novelties affected the history of Chinese Buddhism.
