Search Results: Authors starting with I from Jorge Welsh Books

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1995 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 24.5 cm.; 0.78 Kg.; 428 pages.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the outside text block. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the dust jacket that is now protected with a clearcover.; Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. She accomplishes this by focusing on the diverse roles that the samurai have played in Japanese history. From their rise in ancient Japan, through their dominance as warrior lords in the medieval period, and their subsequent transformation to quasi-bureaucrats at the beginning of the Tokugawa era, the samurai held center stage in Japan until their abolishment after the opening up of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. This book demonstrates how… Read More

Geldermalsen Publications, Haren, The Netherlands, 2011 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 28.5 x 28.5 cm.; 0.495 Kg; 30 pages; New book. May show signs of shelf wear.; How can one find true happiness? The little Chinese boy Kang, imprisoned in sadness on a Chinese porcelain vase for more than 350 years by a slip of the painter's brush, is suddenly released by a magical wish, he sets out on an adventure trough Chinese culture history. He is joined along the way by auspicious animals: Dragon, Lion, Dog, Elephant, the Mandarin Ducks and Feng Huang. The characters he meets, and what he learns during his travels, help him to realize eventually that sometimes happiness is to be found where you least expect it. Using the rich and colourful decoration of Chinese porcelain, this book captures children's imagination with lively characters taken from real pieces. It introduces children to the beauty of Chinese art and the symbolic meanings behind it, as well… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22 x 25 cm; 0.9 Kg; 208 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that has a minor tear on the back cover. Interior in very good condition. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; The styles called chinoiserie were the European dream of the Orient, as escapist style of decoration that flourished in the courts and houses of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. The lighthearted fantasy of chinoiserie was one of jade pavilions, pleasure domes, ivory pagodas, delicate bridges over rushing rivers, and it is reflected in places like the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England, the splendors of Versailles, and the exotic lacquered cabinets and the ceramics of England, Holland, and France. This Western idea of what oriental things were like - or ought to be like - is still evident today in fabrics and tableware… Read More

Apollo Magazine, 1991 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback.; 21 x 26 cm; 0.2 kg.; Unpaginated with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior.; Catalogue from the loan exhibition arranged by The British Antique Dealers' Association held at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 12th - 22nd June 1992 which included pieces from: Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Victoria and Albert Museum, Chiddingstone Castle in Kent and also pieces from members of the The British Antique Dealers' Association.; "It is to be hoped the theme of this year's Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 'The Art and Influence of Japan', illuminates and increases our knowledge of Japanese art from the early years of Buddhist iconography, though the restraint of the kakemono, to the magnificent technical achievements of the lacquer and metal workers in later and more recent times." excerpt from the introductory text by Roger… Read More

National Heritage Board, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.7 x 28.8 cm; 1.325 Kg; 216 pages with colour illustrations.; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover (the sale price on the rear cover was not removed and the adhesive was placed above it).; Signs of wear in the cover, spine and back cover of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is slightly faded on the back cover.No markings, writing or highlighting in text except for some minor yellowing on front free endpaper.; Two important essays, Chinese Civilisation in a Historical Perspective by Wang Gungwu; and The Motivations and Development of Chinese Connoisseurship and Collection by Lee Chor Lin, introduce this, the first catalogue of Chinese artefacts dating from the Bronze age in the collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore..

V&A Publishing, London, 2016 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 23 x 25.5 cm; 1.2 Kg; 256 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. As new.; Japan has a centuries-long tradition of producing stunningly beautiful and intricate crafts. Japanese ceramics, lacquerware, metalwork, textiles and decorative carvings have a global reputation for refinement and technique. Japanese Art and Design. drawing on the V&A's world-class collections, explores these arts and crafts thematically through chapters that focus on such areas as the influence of Buddhism and Shinto, samurai patronage, the highly aestheticized tea ceremony, ukiyo-e and the graphic arts, and the influence of the West on these arts. Chapters on modern and contemporary crafts and design include discussions of Japan's endless technological innovations and product design, showing how the country's traditions of quality and artistry continue today..