books by Art Media Resources

books by Art Media Resources

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Art Media Resources

Dunhuang : A Centennial Commemoration of the Discovery of the Cave Library

Dunhuang Research Institute

Art Media Resources, 2000

Best Dunhuang Caves Art Book
I've been looking at books on Central Asian art and history for the past year and this book is without a doubt one of, if not the, best compilations of Dunhuang Cave art reproductions. The volume is beautiful and carefully constructed. Historical and contextualizing ...

The Art of Kim Hong-Do
Oh Ju-seok

Art Media Resources, 2005

Although Kim Hong-do is a well known painter of the Joseon era, many people only know his genre paintings. Contrary to general opinion, Kim mastered all types of painting as well as calligraphy, Chinese and Korean poetry, and music. This book contains five years? worth of research material, introduces fifty new items, and retranslates existing ...

Munakata Shiko: Japanese Master of the Modern Print
Masatomo Kawai

Art Media Resources, 2002

Munakata Shiko, born the son of a poor blacksmith from northern Japan, is considered one of the greatest Japanese artists of the twentieth century. He first became known on the international scene when he won prizes for his woodcuts at the Sao Paulo Biennale (1955) and the Venice Biennale (1956). Munakata revolutionized the concept of the ...

The Ceramics of Southeast Asia : Their Dating and Identification
Roxanna M. Brown

Art Media Resources, 2000

This is a reprint of the 1988 second edition of the standard work on Southeast Asian ceramics. Recent progress in original research and discovery can be summarized into four areas of major importance: first, the identification of Guangdong ceramics as the missing link between the wares of China and those of both Vietnam and Kampuchea; ...

Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties

Shixiang Wang

Art Media Resources, 1991

A true masterpiece by a true master
I first came to classical Chinese furniture through the work of Gustav Ecke, who photographed Ming and early Qing pieces in the 1930's, about the time that George Kates was living his "fat" years in Peking. As a furniture builder I was fascinated by the incredible ...

Ruthless Compassion: Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art

Rob Linrothe

Art Media Resources, 1999

An excellent book on an obscure subject
Rob Linrothe has written a superb book on the evolution of Wrathful Deities in India and Tibet. Photos taken by the author and excellent explanations show us in exquisite detail how this form of art developed over the centuries. A wonderful book for those looking to ...

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi

Tadao Ogura

Art Media Resources, Ltd., 1996

Appealing and Authoritative Book about Japanese Print Master
Steeped in traditional Japanese culture and trained early in Western art techniques, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) combined these two sensibilities to revive and renew the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing on the verge of its disappearance as Japan embraced ...

The Great Age of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture Ad 600-1300
Nishikawa Kyotaro, Kyotaro Nishikawa, ...

Art Media Resources, 1982

Catalog of the first exhibition of classic Japanese sculpture to tour the United States. The period represented, the seventh to the fourteenth centuries, was the definitive age in the history of this art form, encompassing its introduction from Korea, its assimilation, flourishing, and decline. The fifty-two pieces included in the show were drawn ...

The Ultimate Netsuke Bibliography: An Annotated Guide to Miniature Japanese Carvings

Norman L. Sandfield

Art Media Resources, 1999

Excellent research source
Norman Sandfield has saved everyone a lot of time and effort with this excellent annotated guide to the world of these miniature Japanese carvings. References abound on netsuke types, specific pieces, inro, ojime, sagemono, and toggles in addition to those on legends, ...

The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Art Media Resources, Ltd., 2003

The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
It is very useful book for any collectors, carvers and other people who love netsuke! There are a lot of images, the perfect quality!

Buddhist Sculpture (Handbook of Korean Art)
Roderick Whitfield, Youngsook Pak

Art Media Resources, 2002

This new multi-volume series is designed to provide the reader with a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable introduction to major aspects of Korea's rich artistic heritage: Buddhist sculpture, folk painting, earthenware and celadon, and white porcelain and punch'ong ware. Other topics will follow in successive volumes. Based on their extensive ...

Momoyama Genre Painting (Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art)
Yuzo Yamane

Art Media Resources, 1974

Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Arts

Pat Pollard

Art Media Resources, Ltd., 2000

The Stunning Beauty of Japanese Bamboo Basketry
I am so excited about this book! As a professional weaver and teacher of basketry I have a passionate interest in Japanese bamboo basketry. The book, Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Arts, makes the breathtaking aesthetics of Japanese Bamboo Basketry accessable to ...