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Genre/Form: | Catalog catalogs (documents) Catalogs Catalogues |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pearlstein, Elinor L. Asian art in the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Ill. : The Institute, ©1993 (OCoLC)624455171 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Elinor L Pearlstein; James T Ulak; Art Institute of Chicago. |
ISBN: | 0810919168 9780810919167 0865590958 9780865590953 |
OCLC Number: | 29756126 |
Notes: | Spine title: Asian art. |
Description: | 152 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
Contents: | Preface and Acknowledgments / Yutaka Mino -- The Department of Asian Art / Elinor L. Pearlstein -- Prehistoric and Early Dynastic China -- Eastern Zhou and Han Decorative Style -- Furnishings for this World and the Next -- Buddhist Sculpture: Divine Compassion and Worldly Elegance -- Ceramics and Silver of the Golden Age -- Song Ceramics and Later Porcelain Traditions -- Traditions of Chinese Painting -- Ceramic Art of Korea -- Resplendent Presence: Japanese Sacred Imagery -- Images of Zen: Visions of Severity and Surprise -- The Emergence of Japanese Decorative Taste -- Images of the Floating World -- Catalogue. |
Other Titles: | Asian art : |
Responsibility: | Elinor L. Pearlstein and James T. Ulak with contribution by Naomi Noble Richard and Debirah Del Gais Muller ; preface by Yutaka Mino. |
Abstract:
A clay armored-guardian figure reveals the luxury of the tombs of Tang-dynasty aristocrats; a host of devotional images convey a range of religious expression, from the divine compassion and worldly elegance of Chinese Buddhist sculptures to the stern intensity in the painted visages of Japanese Zen patriarchs; and woodblock prints by revered Japanese masters provide glimpses into the tea houses and theaters of the Yoshiwara - the pleasure district of old Edo - celebrating its most popular actors and esteemed beauties. In elucidating the contexts and aesthetic qualities of these works, the authors relate recent discoveries, retell ancient stories, and help us to see objects of enduring beauty from fresh perspectives.
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- Art Institute of Chicago. -- Department of Asian Art -- Catalogs.
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- Art extrême-oriental -- Catalogues -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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