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xiv, 450 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
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English
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"The Mary Griggs Burke Collection, represented in this volume and in the exhibition it accompanies, is a testimony to the intensity and selectivity of Mrs. Burke's collecting, guided by a discerning eye, a deep affection for Japan, and an appreciation of the country's cultural heritage." "Long recognized as one of the finest collections of Japanese art in private hands, the Mary Griggs Burke Collection is the largest and most comprehensive outside...
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115 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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English
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"Voices in Clay: Pueblo Pottery from the Edna M. Kelly Collection is a dialogue between working Pueblo potters and the pottery made by their ancestors between 1880 and 1940. A major exhibition of more than a hundred pots from the Edna M. Kelly Collection of Native American Art were selected for exhibition by three award-winding potters: Steve Lucas, First Mesa Hopi-Tewa, Robert Tenorio from Santo Domingo, and Elvis Torrez from San Ildefonso."--BOOK...
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For four and a half decades, Etta and Claribel Cone roamed artists' studios and art galleries in Europe, building one of the largest, most important art collections in the world. At one time, these two independently wealthy Jewish women from Baltimore received offers from virtually every prominent art museum in the world, all anxious to house their hitherto private assemblage of modern art. In 1949, they awarded all their holdings to the Baltimore...
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101 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Japan today is home to the world's most vibrant ceramic culture, with many thousands of potters working the length and breadth of the country. Featuring 60 examples made by more than 35 artists over the last two decades, this exhibition-the first of its kind at the MFA-offers a snapshot of everything that is most innovative, creative, and iconoclastic in present-day Japanese ceramics. The pots selected range from painstakingly crafted porcelain inspired...
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96 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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English
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"The fabled treasures of China span thousands of years of history. From the exotic Silk Road to the mysterious Great Wall, China's allure is as vast as the country itself. Here, Natasha Bennett introduces the fascinating world of Chinese arms and armour in the Royal Armouries' collection. Offering a colourful insight into one of the world's earliest civilisations, she chronicles the development of personal weapons and armour from the late Bronze Age...
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191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 28 cm
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English
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"Richly illustrated throughout, Batik explores in depth the origins of the batik tradition; regional differences; symbolism and motifs; modern influences on batik; and batik as costume and in art. An illustrated index of motifs and their meanings, a comprehensive listing of international batik collections, a glossary and a bibliography complete this authoritative yet accessible work."-- book jacket.
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