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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 356 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 2.7 kg.; 24 x 31 cm.; 392 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows edge wear, scuffs and scratches. Edges slightly bumped. A few bumps on the spine. The outside text block shows some wear. Interior with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from an exhibition held at Asia Society and Museum, New York, New York from October 6 through December 31, 2006; and Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, Germany, from January 26 through April 22, 2007; and at the Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland from May 13 through July 15, 2007.; More than 200 stunning objects recently excavated from Inner Mongolia have been brought together in the landmark exhibition, Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125). The first major presentation of Liao artifacts outside of China, the exhibition reveals the complex cultural and religious legacy of the Liao dynasty, the most powerful in East Asia at the turn of the first millennium. The excavated objects in Gilded Splendor shed new light on Liao-dynasty culture which, until recently, had generally been considered less sophisticated than the preceding Tang (618-907) and parallel Song (960-1279) dynasties. Archaeology in China over the last few decades has proven this characterization to be inaccurate as sites of Liao-period temples, tombs and city fortifications reveal spectacular objects that testify to a highly refined and culturally unique empire. Established with astonishing speed in the beginning of the tenth century by the Khitan, a confederation of nomads whose homeland was the eastern end of the Eurasian steppes, the Liao empire eventually comprised the greater part of Manchuria, eastern Mongolia and north China. In geographic extent, it rivaled the other great powers of Asia such as the Khmer Empire of Cambodia and the Abbasid Empire of Iraq and Iran. The exhibition was organized by Asia Society and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Historic Relics Archaeological Studies Research Institute and curated by Dr. Hsueh-man Shen, University of Edinburgh, in conjunction with Dr. Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Curator of Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society. "Gilded Splendor brings together a selection of magnificent objects that have changed people's ideas of China in this period," says Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu. "Through this exhibition, major catalogue and symposium, Asia Society aims to provide new scholarship around archaeological finds in recent decades that reveal the significant role of the Liao dynasty.". "Earlier official Chinese histories treat the Liao as uncivilized nomads, even 'barbarians,'" says Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Curator of Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society. "These objects tell a different story. They illuminate the lives and practices of a nomadic people who settled and maintained distinct cultural traditions, while developing rich and complex social, political and trade relationships across Asia, including Persia, Korea, Japan and Song China.". This exhibition catalogue includes essays by Nicola Di Cosmo, Dieter Kuhn, Hsueh-man Shen, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, Sun Jianhua, Ta La and Zhang Yaqiang. Catalogue entries are authored by Emma C. Bunker, Lynette Sue-ling Gremli, Marilyn Leidig Gridley, Hiromi Kinoshita, François Louis and Hsueh-man Shen.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xix, 571 pages: color illustrations; 32 cm. Series; Culture & civilization of China. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-534) and index. Contents; Reading the Magnificence of Ancient and Medieval Chinese Silks -- Fashionable Weaves and Ingenious Craftsmanship / Dieter Kuhn -- The Origins of Sericulture and Silk Weaving-From Antiquity to the Zhou Dynasty / Peng Hao -- Silk Artistry of the Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties / Li Wenying -- Silk Artistry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties / Li Wenying -- Silk in the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties / Zhao Feng -- Silk in the Song, Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin Dynasties / Zhao Feng -- Divergent Styles of North and South-Silk Artistry of the Yuan Dynasty / Zhao Feng -- The Path to Refinement: Silk Fabrics of the Ming Dynasty -- Huang Nengfu & Chen Juanjuan -- Textile Art of the Qing Dynasty -- Chen Juanjuan & Huang Nengfu. Summary; Over the past fifty years, archaeological explorations in China have unearthed a wealth of textile materials, some dating as far back as five thousand years. In this magnificently researched and illustrated book, preeminent Western and Chinese scholars draw upon these spectacular discoveries to provide the most thorough account of the history of silk ever written. Encyclopedic in breadth, the volume presents a chronological history of silk from a variety of perspectives, including archaeological, technological, art historical, and aesthetic. The contributors explore the range of uses for silk, from the everyday to the sublime. By directly connecting recently found textile artifacts to specific references in China's vast historical literature, they illuminate the evolution of silk making and the driving social forces that have inspired the creation of innovative textiles through the millennia. Subjects; Silk - China - History. Oriental art; Textile arts. China. DESIGN / Textile & Costume. DESIGN / History & Criticism. HISTORY / Asia / China. 2 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xix, 571 pages: color illustrations; 32 cm. Series; Culture & civilization of China. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-534) and index. Contents; Reading the Magnificence of Ancient and Medieval Chinese Silks -- Fashionable Weaves and Ingenious Craftsmanship / Dieter Kuhn -- The Origins of Sericulture and Silk Weaving-From Antiquity to the Zhou Dynasty / Peng Hao -- Silk Artistry of the Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties / Li Wenying -- Silk Artistry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties / Li Wenying -- Silk in the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties / Zhao Feng -- Silk in the Song, Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin Dynasties / Zhao Feng -- Divergent Styles of North and South-Silk Artistry of the Yuan Dynasty / Zhao Feng -- The Path to Refinement: Silk Fabrics of the Ming Dynasty -- Huang Nengfu & Chen Juanjuan -- Textile Art of the Qing Dynasty -- Chen Juanjuan & Huang Nengfu. Summary; Over the past fifty years, archaeological explorations in China have unearthed a wealth of textile materials, some dating as far back as five thousand years. In this magnificently researched and illustrated book, preeminent Western and Chinese scholars draw upon these spectacular discoveries to provide the most thorough account of the history of silk ever written. Encyclopedic in breadth, the volume presents a chronological history of silk from a variety of perspectives, including archaeological, technological, art historical, and aesthetic. The contributors explore the range of uses for silk, from the everyday to the sublime. By directly connecting recently found textile artifacts to specific references in China's vast historical literature, they illuminate the evolution of silk making and the driving social forces that have inspired the creation of innovative textiles through the millennia. Subjects; Silk - China - History. Oriental art; Textile arts. China. DESIGN / Textile & Costume. DESIGN / History & Criticism. HISTORY / Asia / China. 2 Kg.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 277 pages. German language. 9.37x6.69x0.63 inches. In Stock.

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