<p>This is a survey of the full range of Asian art in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which houses one of the world's foremost collections. It presents over 100 masterpieces from its extraordinary holdings which represent China, Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas and the Islamic world. The featured works introduce to the general public and scholars worldwide the quality and rich diversity of the Museum's collections. The book traces the Museum's criteria of artistic excellence over the course of a century, as well as the institution's evolving definition of the art of the Asian world. A full-page colour illustration to each of the featured works is accompanied by a commentary on the facing page.</p>

A Journey through Asia: Masterpieces in the Brooklyn Museum of Art

Arts & Photography

Poster, Amy G.

Yuan, Frances Z.

History & Criticism

Philip Wilson Publishers

<p>48pp. Stapled wrappers. Very Good+ w/ minute edge wears on cover. Essays by Amy G. Poster, William E. Harkins. Profusely illustrated w/ b&amp;w plates.</p>

Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Shijo School

Brooklyn Museum Bookshop

From Indian earth: 4,000 years of terracotta art : [exhibition]

Brooklyn Museum

This is the first book to survey the full range of Asian art in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which houses one of America's foremost collections. It presents more than one hundred masterpieces from these extraordinary holdings, representing China, Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and the Islamic world. The featured works introduce to the general public and scholars worldwide the quality and rich diversity of the Museum's collection.Published to celebrate the centenary of the Department of Asian Art at Brooklyn, the volume also tells the fascinating history behind the collection, beginning with the department's founding in 1903. Through two principal essays, the book traces the development of the Museum's criteria of artistic excellence over the course of a century as well as the institution's evolving definition of the arts of Asia.Each of the one hundred and four featured works is reproduced in full colour and accompanied by an illuminating commentary. A bibliography and index complete the volume.

Journey Through Asia: Masterpieces in the Brooklyn Museum of Art

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Diba, Layla S.

Realms of Heroism: Indian Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Canby, Sheila R.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Hudson Hills Pr

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