Search Results: Titles starting with U from Jorge Welsh Books

MOA Museum of Art, 1985 Book. Good. Soft cover. Japanese text; Paperback; 23.7 x 22.5 cm; 0,6 Kg; 131 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Captions in Japanese; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The binding is loose, namely at the middle of the book, which allows the book to lay flat on those pages. Nevertheless all pages remain firmly attached to the binding..; Catalogue from the exhibition at Mokichi Okada Association (MOA) of Ukiyo-E prints in 1985..

Kyoto Shinbunsha, 1991 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Japanese text with small introduction and captions in English at the end.; Paperback.; 21 x 30 cm; 1.2 Kg; 288 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. Interior in good condition. The outside text block shows some yellowing.; Catalogue for the special exhibition held at the Kyoto National Museum, April 16 - May 12, 1991.; "Ukiyo-e is a style of art which was born, nursed and let to its golden age within the Edo period. Undoubtedly, ukiyo-e can be called a product of the Edo period. As is well known, the Tokyo National Museum is keeping an enormous number of ukiyo-e prints of which 'the Matsukata collection of ukiyo-e prints' is the nucleus. Not only Japanese but also the ukiyo-e enthusiasts around the world know that the collection of more than 8,000 ukiyo-e prints, which the prominent businessman Kojiro Matsukata purchased from the jewelry dealer Henri Vever in Paris is excellent both in quality and quantity.… Read More

Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, 2019 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Portuguese and English text.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued).; 21 x 30 cm; 1 Kg; 208 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Catalogue from the exhibition at Museu de Sao Roque, Lisboa from the 20th December 2019 to the 5th of April 2020.; The reign of King John V (1706-1750) corresponded to the reigns of three Qing Dynasty emperors (Kangxi, Yonzheng and Qianlong) and was one of the most intense and relevant periods of the relationship between Portugal and Europe and China. This period was equally striking for Macao's history and for its quality as an international port of commerce and a port between two empires, the Portuguese and the Chinese. The exhibition One King and Three Emperors - Portugal, China and Macao in the time of D. João V, curated by Jorge Santos Alves, marks the 40th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Portugal and China, the 20th… Read More

Shanghai Museum/The Woods Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 1987 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chinese text with captions in Chinese and English; Hardcover (cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket included); 22.8 x 28.8 cm; 1.176 Kg; 248 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Tear on the top of the dust jacket spine. The first and the last two pages show some yellowing as well as the rear of the front and back cover. The interior shows minor signs of wear. The dust jacket shows some yellowing on the rear and is now protected with a clearcover.; This highly illustrated book includes a considerable number of the most important Chinese porcelain pieces decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, and in the rare underglaze red. It comprises the most important pieces from the collection of the Shanghai Museum, encompassing objects dating from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) to the more recent Jiaqing period (1796-1820). It also traces the most popular and demanded… Read More

arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2021 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued); 24 x 28 cm; 1.950 kg; 328 pages including 330 illustrations.; New, still wrapped in plastic.; In a country known for its lively azulejos (tiles) and clay crafts, local studio pottery in Portugal has remained practically unknown, yet throughout the last century, a considerable number of potters and visual artists - from Portugal as well as Germany, Hungary, and Mozambique, among other countries - have created an original corpus of work. Based on what is probably the most comprehensive collection of local ceramic art, this publication discusses with greater detail thirty potters' work and is illustrated with over 200 ceramics. It covers the entire twentieth century, but gives particular emphasis to the 1950s and 1960s, when there was a boom in interest for the discipline and when both state and private patrons commissioned significant artworks. This is the first… Read More