Search Results: Titles starting with H from Jorge Welsh Books

Graham Brash, Singapore, 1987 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 3rd Edition. English text; Paperback; 14 x 21.5 cm; 0.232 kg; 140 pages.; Used book with minor signs of wear.; A Handbook of Chinese Art fills a real need as a basic guide for collectors and dealers in Chinese antiquities and for students of Chinese art. The seven sections of the book cover: (1) Bronzes, (2) Buddhism, (3) Ceramics, (4) Decorations, (5) Jades and hardstones, (6) Paintings, (7) Miscellaneous, including lacquer and textiles. There are also tables of the Chinese dynasties and reign periods, and a note on pronunciation. Each section consists of an introduction to its subject, followed dy definitions of the various terms relating to it which are likely to be encountered in books on Chinese art in sale catalogues. The author was Curator of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art..

Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1992 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16 x 23.5 cm.; 0.81 Kg.; 493 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; Harvard East Asian Monographs, 157.; The word samurai suggests the colorful figure of a lightly armored, mounted archer attended by two or three foot soldiers engaging in ritualized one-on-one combat, the aristocracy fighting man of the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333). Although some historians have considered the rise of the samurai as analogous to the rather abrupt rise of feudal knights in medieval Western Europe, Farris provides "evolutionary model" for Japan that traces the step-by-step adaptive development of local strongmen over more than half a millennium. Through analyses of military technology and tactics, social organization, economic base, and political skills, mainly… Read More

The Asian Art Museum, 2006 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.7 x 31.2 cm; 2.279 Kg; 352 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jacket. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Minor signs of wear on the interior.; Can decorative objects increase one's wealth, happiness, or longevity? Traditionally, many Chinese have believed that they could, provided they include the appropriate auspicious symbols. In Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Terese Tse Bartholomew, culminating decades of research, has provided a thorough guide to such symbols. Auspicious symbols in Chinese art are often in the form of rebuses, visual puns. Because many words in Chinese share the same pronunciation, there is a wealth of opportunities for such punning, and over the centuries many rebuses have developed established meanings. Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art brings a systematic approach to the cataloguing of such hidden… Read More

Sotheby's New Bond Street, London, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 30.6 cm; 1.233 Kg; 198 pages with 197 lots illustrated in colour, including one fold out; Signs of wear in the dust jacket with some wear marks. The outside text block show some yellowing on top. The interior is in very good condition.; "Henri Vever (1854-1943) was among the earliest Europeans to succumb to the lure of Japan, and one of the leaders of the new fashion in collecting. At the time of the first sale at Sotheby's of the Vever collection in 1974, the owners elected to keep around 200 of the finest and/or rarest prints, their dispersal to be decided at a later date. These prints, subsequently illustrated with the remainder of the collection in Jack Hillier's three volume book on the collection, have been lying dormant since that time, seen only by a few scholars. It is this selection which is now offered for sale. The descriptions were prepared by Jack Hillier,… Read More

Art Media Resources, Ltd., USA, 1997 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 21.4 x 26.9 cm; 0.824 Kg; 175 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. The interior is in very good condition.;"Book on one of Japan's greatest porcelain factories, which enjoyed enduring patronage from the Matsura family, Lords of Hirado Island. We can confidently identify a distinctive Hirado ware from the late 17th century to the 1920's. (.) The aim of this book is to display Hirado ware with its subtlety, charm and magnificence in broadly chronological order; to summarize the documentation, and to underpin these with information about Western collectors, and an Appendix (6) with all known Hirado's artist signatures. In my view the author succeeds in his aims; furthermore the details here can be trusted since the author has used over 20 years enthusiasm and worldwide experience to winnow out the many Hirado imitations.(.) For over… Read More

Taschen GmbH, Koln, 2010 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Japanese binding in hardcover case with two clasps.; 26.2 x 31.5 cm, 2 Kg, 272 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover case. Due to use the binding is slightly curved on the right side first page of the binding. Very good copy.; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world" ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views… Read More

BIJUTSU SHUPPAN-SHA CO.LTD, Japan, 2017 Book. Fine. Hardcover. English and Japanese text, Hardcover, 19.1 x 26.4 cm, 0.757 Kg, 216 pages with collour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear. Looks as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; "This book introduces One Hundred Views of Edo made by Hiroshige, who achieved his greatest level of artistic skill at the point of its publication in his later years. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo was made from the third through the fifth year of the Ansei period (1856-1858) and consists of 120 woodblock prints in total, including a work by Second Utagawa Hiroshige and the table of contents. They recreate the lively scenery of the city of Edo (present day Tokyo) about 160 years ago. You can find their enchantment not only in the way he depicts scenery but also among the finest skills of woodblock printing that fill this work: delicately carved lines and colors added by gorgeous paints with delicate gradation. This book… Read More

Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2011 Book. Fine. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 20 x 24.6 cm; 1 Kg; 256 pages with colour Illustrations throughout; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London from the 3rd of July to the 28th of September 1997.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior. Interior as new.; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) holds an assured place in the history of world art as one of the greatest and best-loved masters of the woodblock print. Together with Katsushika Hokusai, he is the leading creator of landscape imagery in japanese printmaking. Acclaimed in the West as "the artist of mist, snow and rain", Hiroshige certainly possesses a poetic sensibility particularly well attuned to evoking atmospheric effects. Hiroshige is a master of the passing moment, subtly orchestrating a wide range of colours to articulate mood. Including maps, a chronology, glossary and bibliography, this volume offers an excellent introduction to the mainly-sided oeuvre of an… Read More

Heron Books, London, 1970 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (leather without dust jacket); 208 pages with colour illustrations; 17.5 x 27.1 cm; 0.818 Kg; Used book in very good condition showing minor signs of wear.; "When Japanese prints were on show in Paris from 1867 onwards, Impressionism and its derivatives principally took from them certain formulas: formulas and precedents which formed the basis for the innovations considered desirable by painters at the time. Whistler, whose Old Battersea Bridge caused a sensation, was adapting Hiroshige. Degas, with his diagonal compositions, his balancing obliques, his broad planes, had taken his inspiration from Hokusai. And Monet would not have cut off so many boats in the middle, nor so far developed his evocation of the "day without shade which is truly itself", without the example of the ukiyo-e. His Nympheas, that long pictorial meditation which occupied the last twenty-five years of his life, remains one of the most… Read More

Reunion des musees nationaux, Paris, France, 2014 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. French text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 25 x 30 cm; 2.7 Kg.; 416 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. Minor tear on front right side of the front cover. Interior as new.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (Paris) from October 1, 2014 to January 18, 2015 to celebrate the 200 years since the publication of the first 'Hokusai Manga'. The exhibition included approximately 700 Hokusai pieces..

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Japanese text with English captions.; Paperback.; 23 x 30 cm; 1.85 Kg.; 400 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Tokyo National Museum from the 25th of October until the 4th of December 2005.; "This exhibition displays approximately 500 works dating from Hokusai's earliest period until he put down his brish and took to his final sickbed in the spring of his 90th year. This selection introduces the audience to Hokusai's unwavering creativity and the diversity of his unique artistic world." excerpt from the October 2005 Preface by Nihon Keizan Shimbun, Inc.; "Unquestionably the most thoroughly instructive study of the work of Katsushika Hokusai ever presented. How fitting that the prints, paintings, and drawings of this master gathered from around the world are assembled in Ueno, not far from the neighborhood where Hokusai crafted the humane yet haunting… Read More

Thames & Hudson, 2016 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text, Hardcover in printed cloth with closing ribbon (without dust jacket as issued), 16.8 x 23.2 cm, 0.850 Kg, 224 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear.; A beautifully illustrated introduction to Katsushika Hokusai, the most prolific artist of Japan's Edo period, and master of ukiyo-e - 'images of the floating world'. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan's Edo period, with a body of work reputed to include more than 30,000 drawings, paintings and prints. This book traces the career of this child from a working-class district of old Tokyo, then known as Edo, evoking the special atmosphere of this great city and of Japanese life, when Japan - closed to foreigners - developed in a vacuum a powerfully original culture. Its urban centres enjoyed increasing wealth and stability, leading to a flourishing culture of art and pleasure-seeking.… Read More

Chinese Art Appraisers Association, San Francisco, 1978 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 19 x 26.5 cm; 0.7 Kg; 120 pages with black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackect. Interior in very good condition.; This publication is a study of late Ch'ing Dynasty porcelain. The hollow line is the author's discovery and terminology for an outstanding peculiarity of underglaze blue that is seen with increasing frequency during the late 19th and early 20th century. The question arises: If a good quality porcelain with a 17th century reign mark has hollow lines, how should the piece be dated? This volume is an introduction to a larger and more comprehensive comparision of prototypes and later products in the forthcoming book Dating Chinese Ceramics. This presentation is not a interpretation of porcelain characteristics but is a record of the observations through many years of Calvin Chou. Illustrated specimens… Read More

Luso - American Development Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 1997 Book. As New. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 24 x 31 cm; 2.552 Kg; 230 pages with illustrations in colour; New book with signs of shelf wear.; A House in Lisbon tells the history of the building situated on the Rua do Sacramento à Lapa, 21, the current headquarters of the Luso-American Development Foundation. It is a history of the people who have lived in this house since 1757, imprinting it with their mark and their memory. Built by João Fernandes de Oliveira, who for many years held the Brazilian diamond contract, the house was subsequently occupied by the Viscounts of Santarém and Beire, the apostolie nuncio Cardinal Di Pietro, and a host of other personalities who afford us a vivid glimpse into Lisbon's history during the past two hundred years. In addition, research on the house has made it possible to trace the urban development of the surrounding neighbourhood, Lapa,… Read More

National Palace Museum, 2010 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.2 x 31 cm; 1.099 Kg; 160 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the dust jacket, namely on the top of the front cover and spine. No markings on the interior; Exhibition catalogue illustrating the pieces from the second exhibition of 'A Hundred Finest Pieces from the Palace Museum Collection' in 2000, at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan including 31 sets of jade from various periods, 32 imperial porcelain pieces and 43 sets of other imperial curiosities..

Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2003 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. French text; Paperback; 22.1 x 25.7 cm; 0.557 Kg; 122 pages with various colour images; Catalogue of the exhibition at Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg in 2003. Following further acquisitions by the Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg, this exhibition shows, for the first time, more than fifty Chinese porcelain dishes decorated with coat of arms of European territories. There are coat of arms of provinces and villages of The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as of the kingdoms of France and England. The exhibition attempts to clarify the mystery surrounding the choice of the arms. Specially commissioned in China for the European market in the 18th century, these dishes are hybrid works of art that illustrate the dialogue between cultures..