Search Results: Authors starting with F from Jorge Welsh Books

Departamento do Património Histórico e Artístico da Diocese de Beja, Portugal, 2003 Book. Good. Hardcover. Portuguese text; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 24 x 31 cm; 3.242 Kg; Two volumes, lacks the third. Volume I: 282 pages, Volume II 167 pages, with colour illustrations.; Used books with signs of wear. Good condition overall.; This publication results from an exhibition first displayed in Rome and then in the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal. Similarly to other books published by the Diocese of Beja, the three volume publication is an outcome of the systematic surveying of the artistic heritage of the Alentejo region, undertaken since 1984. This highly enlightening book exhibits man's spirituality in South Alentejo, a region with an anthropological history that has not always been understood by foreigners, and that is heavily influenced by a taste for colour and the exotic. Along with showing objects that are very characteristic of its local culture,… Read More

Éditions Dapper, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. French text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 25.1 x 33 cm, 2.433 Kg; 344 pages with colour and black-and-white illustrations; Signs of wear on the dust jacket, namely on the bottom of the spine. The interior is in good condition; Catalogue for the exhibition of African receptacles held at the Dapper Museum in Paris from October 1997 to March 1998.;Emblematic of the richness and profoundness of the cultural and social life in black Africa, receptacles stand as secular evidence of exceptional creations, not only in terms of the creativity of their shapes, but also in terms of their strongly diversified use. Some of these receptacles preserve the nourishment of men, others have substances that conserved and enhanced beauty and health, while others conceal and exalt the power of kings, or gather offerings to the gods. Boxes, cups, vases, jars, spoons, snuff boxes, carved pipes, and statuettes evoke an infinity of daily or ritual actions: annointments of… Read More

The Friends of the National Museum, Singapore, 1987 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback (stapled); 28 x 21.5 cm; 0.2 Kg; 32 pages with colour illustrations accompanying the text.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior.; Exhibition catalogue with texts focusing on: Traditional Furniture, Bamboo, Porcelain and Pottery, Lacquerware, Prints, Toys and Games, Children's Festivals, Dolls, Costume, The Tea Cerimony - Chanoyu, Netsuke.; Full catalogue listing with captions at the end.; "Welcome to 'Images of Japan', a month long programme of exhibition, performances and lectures, organised by the Friends of the National Museum and the National Museum. We hope this series of events will provide you with a broad and stimulating look at Japanese culture. This catalogue has been prepared for the exhibition 'Things Japanese' and to serve as permanent reminder of these events." excerpt from the foreword by Richard K.B. Poh, Director, National Museum and Julia… Read More

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

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1965 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 16.5 x 24.5 cm; 0.830 Kg; 287 pages plus 2 fold outs with: Table of Bronze shapes and table of comparative dates. With 200 black-and-white illustrations throughout, including 8 in colour.; Used book. The dust jacket is chipped, has tears and is tapped in the rear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in good condition, apart from the hinge that is slightly loose but not shaken. Good readable copy.; First english edition. Originally published in Germany under the title 'Chinesisches Kunstgewerbe'.; This copiously-illustrated standard wotk, now fully brought up-to-date from the second German edition of 1955, is the only existing book that conveniently covers the whole field of Chinese decorative arts in a single compact volume. After an introductory historical survey, the self-contained sections are arranged according to material - Ceramics,… Read More

V&A Publishing, United Kingdom, 2016 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued); 16.5 x 16.5 cm; 0.274 Kg; 64 pages.; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; This exquisite gift book explores the phenomenon of 'garnitures', or matching sets of ceramic vases. From the 1650s such sets were used in elite European interiors as an integral part of the decorative scheme; displayed on chimney-pieces, cupboards, tables or over doors, they 'garnished' the interior and so enhanced the status of the owner. The fashion began in Europe using mismatched Chinese porcelain beakers and jars. As imports of Chinese porcelain ceased between 1657 and 1683, European potters at Nevers and Delft copied the originally exotic forms, unifying the sets with matching patterns, or with metal mounts. The fashion continued throughout the 1700s, with almost every ceramic manufactory producing examples, but came to its conclusion during the Arts and Crafts period, when the… Read More

Antverpiae, Ioannem Mevrsivm, 1635 Book. Good. Soft cover. Latin text.; Paperback (in green morocco slipcase with gilt lettering).; 11.5 x 17.5 cm; 0.3 kg; 144 pages.; Hand written title on spine.; Used with signs of wear, namely signs of a previous bookplate removed from the rear of the front cover which also shows a pen written number on the top of the page. Slightly soiled throughout. Signs of have been re-cased in the past.; The first edition was published anonymously in Rome in 1635 ("mainly the work of Ferreira and is in fact sometimes quoted under his name, see Sommervogel (Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, Brussels, III, col. 681-2)" excerpt from Hubert Cieslik, The Case of Christovão Ferreira, Monumenta Niponica, vol. 29, no. 1, Spring 1974). After the publication of this latin edition, a French edition was published in Paris, 1635. FIRST LATIN EDITION. SCARCE. Translated from the Italian by Jean Bolland.; Describes the martyrdom of Christians in Japan from… Read More

Scala Books, an imprint of Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1998 Book. Fine. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback.; 19,5 x 27,5 cm; 0.540 Kg; 128 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear in the interior. The exterior show signs of shelf wear.; This publication serves as a guide for the interiors and gardens of the Palace of Queluz in Portugal. Describing the architectural development of the palace, the author dwells into its history, of those who inhabited it, and those who influenced its course throughout its long existence. Through the palace's physical characteristics, both interior and exterior, the readers are able to learn about the development of architecture, decorative arts, history, court culture and landscape in Portugal. The book is enriched with striking architectural plans showing the changes made to the palace through time, with images of the pieces in the palace's collection and contemporary photographs of the palace and its gardens.… Read More

Collections Baur, Genève, 1994 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase).; Two volumes in slipcase; 23.5 x 29.5 x 8 cm; 5.2 Kg; With colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Limited edition of 3100 copies, of which this is 448.; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase.; "These two volumes include the Japanese prints collected by Alfred Baur over the forty or so years from 1909 to 1949. This art form, is known to have exerted a decisive influence on the development of Western painting, offering first to Impressionist painters and then to the Nabil (to mention only France) an example of a new type of compositions that can serve as an alternative to the grand tradition inherited from the Renaissance. Van Gogh and Monet had assembled collections of prints that are still very carefully preserved and the writer Edmond de Goncourt, himself a well-informed collector, had… 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

Museum of East Asian Art, 1994 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22 x 29 cm; 2.023 Kg; 423 pages with 430 colour illustrations; small signs of wear on the dust jacket.The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover; The Museum of East Asia in Bath is the only museum devoted solely to East Asian Art to open in the U.K. in the last decades. Its major exhibition for 1994, entitled "Jades from China", features over 350 Chinese Jades, including more than 200 pieces from the Peony Collection, from neolithic times right up to the early 19th century, spanning a period of approximately 7000 years. The exhibition is certainly the most comprehensive exhibition of Chinese jade anywhere outside China for many years. It conveys a global portrayal of the amazing artistry and technical achievement of the jade carvers of China from neolithic times onwards, and has examples of many of the types of jade object that were produced by the Chinese… Read More

Studio Vista, London, 1970 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 15.5 x 22 cm; 0.3 kg; 100 pages with black and white and one colour illustrations.; Used book with signs of wear namely scuffs on the dust jacket which is now protected with a clearcover. Interior with signs of wear but in in good condition; SBN 289797357.; This introduction to Chinese blue and white porcelain traces its development from the Yuan through the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties to the present day. Nineteen varieties of wares are discussed, including related porcelains from Japan and Korea, and each ware is illustrated by characteristic examples; several of these illustrations have not previously been published. This very collectible Chinese porcelain has long been university popular. Chinese Blue and White examines the successive reign periods in detail and describes the methods of manufacture; it also provides sufficient historical background for the reader to understand more fully… Read More

Comissão para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1999 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Portuguese text, Hardcover, 23.7 x 30.7 cm, 1.712 Kg, 271 pages with colour illustrations throughout; Used with minor signs of wear. As new.; Exhibition catalogue.; Magnificent exhibition held in Oporto and organised by the Commission for the commemoration of the Portuguese discoveries. This catalogue shows the flow of exotic products, which arrived in Europe from the most diverse locations in Asia, not only fascinated the reigning houses, but also contributed to an increase in knowledge..

Smithsonian Institution, U. S. A., 1997 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 20.5 x 30.5 cm; 0.372 Kg; 63 pages.; Used, some wear to cover otherwise in good condition; Exhibition catalogue, depicting 21 objects from the permanent collection, ranging in date from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Objects, executed by the lost wax casting technique, include wall plaques, altar pieces, and regalia. The majority of these works were a gift of Joseph Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian. Included are a royal commemorative head and a pendant with a triadic figure group from the 16th to 17th century cast in the court style by the Edo people..

Museum für Lackkunst, Münster; Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich, 2012 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (red clothbound with decorative color pastedowns. Without dust jacket - as issued.); 24 x 30 cm; 1.634 Kg; 208 pages with colour illustrations and maps.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely on the bottom spine which is slightly discolored. Interior as new.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Museum für Lackkunst, Münster, Germany from the 28 October 2012 to 27 January 2013.; A traditional art form with a history spanning several thousand years, Korean lacquer art is prized for its inimitable artistic and technical perfection. Drawing on a display at the Museum of Lacquer Art in Münster, this beautifully illustrated book introduces readers to outstanding and often extremely rare examples of lacquer art, which involves adorning objects with tree sap and intricately inlaying them with shell, gold leaf, or pearl. Among the objects… Read More

Museum für Lackkunst, Münster; Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich, 2012 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (red clothbound with decorative color pastedowns. Without dust jacket - as issued.); 24 x 30 cm; 1.634 Kg; 208 pages with colour illustrations and maps.; New book showing only signs of shelf wear.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Museum für Lackkunst, Münster, Germany from the 28 October 2012 to 27 January 2013.; A traditional art form with a history spanning several thousand years, Korean lacquer art is prized for its inimitable artistic and technical perfection. Drawing on a display at the Museum of Lacquer Art in Münster, this beautifully illustrated book introduces readers to outstanding and often extremely rare examples of lacquer art, which involves adorning objects with tree sap and intricately inlaying them with shell, gold leaf, or pearl. Among the objects photographed for this book are works from the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties,… Read More

The Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, Tokyo, 1983 Book. Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. English text; Paperback; 21.6 x 28.2 cm; 1.210 Kg; 279 pages with illustrations in colour; Signs of wear in front cover, spine and back cover. Edgeworn. Minor signs of wear in the interior.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at: Los Angeles County Museuym of Art, Los Angeles, December 17 - February 26, 1984; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, March 18 - May 27, 1984; Haus der Kunst, Munich, November 23, 1984 - February 3, 1985; Espace Pierre Cardin, PARIS, March 1 - May 12, 1985; Exhibition of art treasures of the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan during the Edo period. The three hundred works of art on loan from the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya represent the finest artistic achievements of that period. These works, ranging from delicately painted screens and scrolls to swords and armorial work, as well as tea ceremonies utensils No theater costumes and masks, present the astonishing creations of Japanese… Read More