Images of the Land

Images of the Land
Author: Patricia Ainslie
Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow Museum
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1984
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Entering the Dharmadh?tu

Entering the Dharmadh?tu
Author: Jan Fontein
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004211225

New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavy?ha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.

American Artists

American Artists
Author: John Castagno
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecorw Press
Total Pages: 856
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN:

"The purpose of this book is the identification of artists' signatures: some 4,500 American artists and, in addition, some 600 Canadian and Latin American artists. Necessary biographical information, such as nationality, birth and death dates, is given along with bibliographical references and auction records in the form of key letters which help direct the reader to further sources of information. With each artist, there is presented at least one signature facsimile; in many cases, multiple signatures totalling nearly 10,000 examples taken from oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints covering as broad a range as possible in painting styles and periods from 1800 through 1989. For the easy identification of an artist who signs his or her work with a pseudonym, monogram, symbol or indecipherable signature, there are three separate sections in the back of the book."--Introduction.

Possessing the Past

Possessing the Past
Author: 國立故宮博物院
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 666
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0810964945

A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Niagara

Niagara
Author: Jeremy Elwell Adamson
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Corcoran Gallery of Art
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1985
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Sculpture of Indonesia

The Sculpture of Indonesia
Author: Jan Fontein
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1990
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Shows bells, lamps, vases, statuettes, and water vessels created between the eighth and fifteenth centuries.

The Law of Cause and Effect in Ancient Java

The Law of Cause and Effect in Ancient Java
Author: Jan Fontein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1989
Genre: History
ISBN:

Paperback. This volume contains an English translation of the Mah&a ̄karmavibhanga, based upon a Chinese translation by Gautama Dharmaprajna of 582 A.D. The contents of the Mah&a ̄karmavibhanga have been illustrated on the reliefs of the hidden base of Candi Borobudur (Central Java, 9th Century A.D.) and the Chinese text contains many variae lectiones which help to clarify the intent of the sculptors. Chapter 3 re-examines the characteristics of the text and the manner in which the themes have been laid out on the walls. Chapter 4 deals with the language of gestures, as seen at Borobudur.This is the first work in English to deal with the identification of the reliefs. It contains many new identifications which provide an insight into the methods of illustration adopted by the sculptors. Contrary to the generally accepted view, neither the text nor the reliefs emphasize bad behavior resulting in negative karma; instead it deals with negative and po

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia
Author: Robert L. Brown
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This book analyses a group of Buddhist sculptures from ancient Southeast Asia, putting them into their historical, religious, and artistic context and then traces their relationship with art from India and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.