An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Vever Collection

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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Catalogs & Directories

University of Washington Press

An important, original study of the (previously denied) cultural contribution of the "barbarians" to China, and of the trade northward. Focuses on the Han period. The artifacts, abundantly and well- illustrated (200 illus., 40 in color), document the goods and support the argument. Published by the

Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier

Arts & Photography

So, Jenny F.

Bunker, Emma C.

History & Criticism

Univ of Washington Pr

Six contributors discuss the state of Japanese arts during the allied occupation after the second World War. Topics include missteps by occupation censors, caution and experimentation on the part of nine artists of the era, the preservation of cultural property, and the conflicted roles of women and

The Confusion Era: Art and Culture of Japan During the Allied Occupation, 1945-1952 (Asian Art & Culture)

Xu Bing creates contemporary artworks using Chinese calligraphy and other traditional Chinese media placed within unexpected settings. Erickson, a specialist on contemporary Chinese art, elucidates clearly Bing's iconoclastic and irreverent work, relating it to themes Bing has used elsewhere in his career. This volume accompanies an exhibition held at the Sackler Gallery in Washington DC in 2001. It will be of interest to artists and those interested in the use of word and image in contemporary art. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Art of Xu Bing: Words Without Meaning, Meaning Without Words (Asian Art and Culture)

Erickson, Britta

徐兵

Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists' Lithographs

Cohn, Marjorie B.

Rogan, Clare I.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Harvard Univ Art Museum

The catalog to an exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard U., this attractive volume includes a lengthy essay on Chinese tomb sculpture, written by Bower, an independent scholar. Most of the volume contains full-page color plates of Solomon's extraordinary collection, with pieces from the Han through the Tang dynasties. A checklist lists the descriptive name of each work, its materials, period, and date, the latter verified with a thermoluminescence test. No mention is made of the objects' provenance nor is there an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon

Mowry, Robert D.

Bower, Virginia L.

Asia Society Museum

This book accompanies the first exhibition to explore the lives of Byzantine women through their representation in material and literary culture. It features nearly two hundred works of art gathered from premier collections in North America by the organizers at Harvard University's Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

Byzantine Women and Their World

Harvard University Art Museums

Laiou, Angeliki E.

Kalavrezou, Ioli

Cooper, Harry, Hecker, Sharon, Rosso, Medardo, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Medardo Rosso: Second Impressions

St. Louis Art Museum

Fogg Art Museum

Cooper, Harry

Rosso, Medardo

Hecker, Sharon

Nasher Sculpture Center

Sculpture

This catalogue is lavishly illustrated in color, with detailed descriptions of the objects focusing on decoration and the use of under- and overglazed enamels. Reign marks are illustrated for each piece. Joined Colors will be of great interest to collector and students of porcelain, scholars, and all those who love ceramics and Chinese art.

Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain : Ceramics from Collectors in the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong

Cort, Louise Allison

Stuart, Jan

Tam, Laurence C. S.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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