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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 192 pages. Published in 1988. Book-length Monograph on subject. One of the most beautiful books on the art and achievement of Hiroshige ever published in the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Design. The production values are outstanding in every respect: Oversize-volume format. Orange cloth boards with white titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Art by Hiroshige. Text by various scholar-contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Hiroshige: Birds And Flowers". Hiroshige created 5000 bird and flower studies in all, which are "endlessly experimenting with design, composition, and color. Hiroshige captured in these paintings, as nowhere else in his work, his poetic and idyllic sense of Nature" (Publisher's blurb). The prints in this magnificent volume were in the Abby Rockefeller Collection, now housed at the Rhode Island School of Design. Hiroshige is now regarded as one of the two greatest wood-block printmakers (the other being Hokusai, his predecessor). Ukiyo-e, which literally means "pictures of the floating world", was the art of the common people. It was not folk or primitive art nor was it royal court art, either. Like the photograph today, it could be infinitely reproduced as public demand dictated, and typically presented Japanese life and rituals, scenery and the four seasons, iconic portraits and landscapes, and in this instance, birds and flowers. Perhaps the best term for it is "artisanal", as it depended on the mastery of one's craft (rather than "concept" or "vision"). Very little is known about ukiyo-e precisely because it was not considered serious art, and was therefore not recorded, documented, collected, preserved, or archived. That it flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries is pretty much what we know. Westerners were awed, moved, and for once, humbled by what they saw: Great art of the most exquisite and delicate kind, dazzling virtuosity melded to a master craftsman's innate apprehension of The Beautiful. No words will do justice to the sublime beauty between the covers of this book. An absolute "must-have" title for Hiroshige and Japanese art book collectors. This title is a great art book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 92 color plates. One of the greatest artists of all time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HIROSHIGE TITLE IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0807611999. no.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 96 pages. Published in 1982. Exhibition Monograph. Pioneering account on subject. One of the most valuable books on the art and achievement of Ban Chiang, the pre-historic site of the ancient peoples of the present Thai Kingdom. The First Hardcover Edition. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original only. The Exhibition Monograph is now scarce. It is elegantly produced, in an oversize-volume format. With "earth color" orange cloth boards. Gilt pictorial design and titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Dr. Joyce C. White and other scholars. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The production values are exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark travelling exhibition of the same name which commenced at the University of Pennsylvania's Cultural Museum and travelled on to several major venues in the United States, notably the Smithsonian Institute in 1982. Presents "Ban Chiang: Discovery of A Lost Bronze Age". A marvelous archaeological find, a labor of love of reconstruction. "As a result of the recent archaeological discoveries in the Thai village of Ban Chiang, scholars are re-evaluating the role of Southeast Asia in Pre-History. The pottery and bronze objects unearthed are of surprising antiquity and metallurgical sophistication. They suggest that this region was one of significant innovation and export of Bronze Age technology. Illustrations, many in color, show the process of discovery at the site as well as the major pieces" (Publisher's blurb). What is most impressive about Ban Chiang ceramics is that it had three distinct periods that show gradual yet continual progress and eventual mastery of the technology and its artistic possibilities. The development is seen in very few other Pre-Historic cultures of the world, which tended to be static. An absolute "must-have" title for Thailand art and artifact collectors. This title is a late-modern art monograph classic. This is one of very few copies of the Exhibition Monograph still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is, quite simply, the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws ("Very Good"). This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white and color plates. A fine copy. ISBN 0812278712. no.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition. Octavo. xxiii, (1), 591, (1)pp. Indices and 26 page bibliography. Vertically divided blue & dark gray spine strip lettered in white with photo illustrated front cover. Illustrated with color facsimiles of historical documents and photos, mostly from the Ottoman period. A fine, as new copy. In Ordinary Jerusalem, Angelos Dalachanis, Vincent Lemire and thirty-five scholars depict the ordinary history of an extraordinary global city in the late Ottoman and Mandate periods. Utilizing largely unknown archives, they revisit the holy city of three religions, which has often been defined solely as an eternal battlefield and studied exclusively through the prism of geopolitics and religion. At the core of their analysis are topics and issues developed by the European Research Council-funded project "Opening Jerusalem Archives: For a Connected History of Citadinité in the Holy City, 18401940." Drawn from the French vocabulary of geography and urban sociology, the concept of citadinité describes the dynamic identity relationship a city's inhabitants develop with each other and with their urban environment. (Publisher) Contents: Introduction -- Placing Jerusalemites in the History of Jerusalem: The Ottoman Census (sicil-i nüf?s) as a Historical Source -- Introducing Jerusalem: Visiting Cards, Advertisements and Urban Identities at the Turn of the 20th Century -- The Ethiopian Orthodox Community in Jerusalem: New Archives and Perspectives on Daily Life and Social Networks, 1840-1940 -- Between Ottomanization and Local Networks: Appointment Registers as Archival Sources for Waqf Studies. The Case of Jerusalem's Maghariba Neighborhood -- Foreign Affairs through Private Papers: Bishop Porfirii Uspenskii and His Jerusalem Archives, 1842-1860 -- The Brotherhood, the City and the Land: Patriarchal Archives and Scales of Analysis of Greek Orthodox Jerusalem in the Late Ottoman and Mandate Periods: Introduction : The State and the City, the State in the City: Another Look at Citadinité -- Collective Petitions (?ar?-? ma???r) as a Reflective Archival Source for Jerusalem's Networks of Citadinité in the late 19th Century -- Back into the Imperial Fold: The End of Egyptian Rule through the Court Records of Jerusalem, 1839-1840 -- An Institution, Its People and Its Documents: The Russian Consulate in Jerusalem through the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire, 1858-1914 -- Diplomacy, Communal Politics, and Religious Property Management: The Case of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Early Mandate Period -- Comparing Ottoman Municipalities in Palestine: The Cases of Nablus, Haifa, and Nazareth, 1864-1914 -- Municipal Jerusalem in the Age of Urban Democracy: On the Difference between What Happened and What Is Said to Have Happened: Introduction -- Reading the City, Writing the Self: Arabic and Hebrew Urban Texts in Jerusalem, 1840-1940 -- Arab-Zionist Conversations in Late Ottoman Jerusalem: Sa?id al-Husayni, Ruhi al-Khalidi and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda -- Ben-Yehuda in his Ottoman Milieu: Jerusalem's Public Sphere as Reflected in the Hebrew Newspaper Ha-Tsevi, 1884-1915 -- Men at Work: The Tipografia di Terra Santa, 1847-1930 -- The St. James Armenian Printing House in Jerusalem: Scientific and Educational Activities, 1833-1933 -- The Wasif Jawharriyeh Collection: Illustrating Jerusalem during the First Half of the 20th Century: Introduction -- "The Preservation and Safeguarding of the Amenities of the Holy City without Favour or Prejudice to Race or Creed": The Pro-Jerusalem Society and Ronald Storrs, 1917-1926 -- Governing Jerusalem's Children, Revealing Invisible Inhabitants: The American Colony Aid Association, 1920s-1950s -- Epidemiology and the City: Communal vs. Intercommunal Health Policy-Making in Jerusalem from the Ottomans to the Mandate, 1908-1925 -- Being on a List: Class and Gender in the Registries of Jewish Life in Jerusalem, 1840-1900 -- The Tramway Concession of Jerusalem, 1908-1914: Elite Citizenship, Urban Infrast.

Hard Back. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. FINE H/b in FINE D/j.1st.A Standard Work on its Subject as well as a Major Reference for years to come. Published to Accompany the World's First Traveling Exhibition of Indian Jain Art : comprising a Catalogue of 'nigh 150 objects.This book illustrates the amazing variety of Jain expression & the Fundamental Hallmarks of its unique world; - view 225 illustrations - 87 in Colour. Map. Appendix of inscriptions.Thorough Biblio 276pp.[ black cloth Gilt titles & front motif, no inscsp ] Dust Jacket not clipped] 305x235mm. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover . Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition. Thick octavo. xxi, (1) 934pp. Index. Text in German. Dark blue boards lettered in white and lighter blue. A fine, as new copy. In Objektiver und absoluter Geist nach Hegel. Kunst, Religion und Philosophie innerhalb und au?erhalb von Gesellschaft und Geschichte, challenging Hegelianism?s current tendency to reduce absolute spirit to objective spirit, Thomas Oehl and Arthur Kok offer an extensive selection of papers exploring the wide spectrum of Hegel's philosophy of spirit from the viewpoint of the distinction between objective and absolute spirit (art, religion and philosophy) and their relation to society and history, thereby addressing the universal issue about whether there are cultural phenomena which transcend society and history anew from a Hegelian perspective. (Publisher) Contents: Intro; Inhalt; ?ber die Autorinnen und Autoren; Einleitung: Objektiver und absoluter Geist nach Hegel; Hegels Begriff des absoluten Geistes; Teil 1 Objektiver und absoluter Geist -- von der Ph?nomenologie des Geistes aus; Das Dieses ist ein Baum ist ein Baum: Der absolute Geist als freies Dasein der Wirklichkeit in Hegels Ph?nomenologie des Geistes; Die Bedeutung der Religion in den Grundlinien aus der Sicht der Ph?nomenologie des Geistes; Zwischen Scheinkritik und Absolutheitsanspruch -- zur Eigent?mlichkeit der philosophischen Wissensbildung in Hegels Ph?nomenologie des Geistes; Teil 2 Objektiver und absoluter Geist -- vom objektiven Geist ausHandlungen und T?tigkeiten in Hegels Philosophie des objektiven und des absoluten Geistes; Fokus 2.A Recht, Moralit?t, Sittlichkeit; Das Verschwinden der Moralphilosophie: Zum Verh?ltnis von subjektivem, objektivem und absolutem Geist in Hegels Rechtsphilosophie; ?bersoziale Kriterien in der Theorie sozialer Geltungen: Zur pluralistischen Logik der hegelschen ?System'-Form des objektiven Geistes; ?Unvollkommene Gerechtigkeit": Hegel, Antigone und die Menschenrechte; Zweite Natur und Sittlichkeit: ?ber Hegels Auffassung von InhabitanzDie praktischen M?glichkeiten des Individuums in posthistorischer Zeit; Fokus 2.B Staat und Religion; Die Religion als Grundlage der Sittlichkeit und des Staates bei Hegel; Religion als Grundlage, und nur als Grundlage des Staats: ?ber Quietismus, Fanatismus, Tyrannei, und . Freiheit; Elemente von Hegels politischer Theologie: Ziviler Republikanismus, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Konstitutionalismus und universelle Menschenrechte; Religion in der modernen Demokratie: Ein Vergleich zwischen Hegels offenbarer Religion und Rawls' ?ffentlicher VernunftTeil 3 Objektiver und absoluter Geist -- vom absoluten Geist aus; Selbstbewusstsein und absoluter Geist; Absoluter Geist als sich vollbringender Skeptizismus; Fokus 3.A Kunst; Art in Times of Historical Crisis -- A Hegelian Perspective; De spiritu et littera: Von der Kunst, Hegels ?sthetik zu verstehen; Die Bedeutung der Religion f?r die Kunst bei Hegel: Zur Frage nach dem absoluten Geist in der Kunst; Die Kunst der ?sthetischen Bildung bei Hegel; ?Gegenw?rtige prosaische Zust?nde": Hegels melancholische ?sthetik und Schillers politische EschatologieFokus 3.B Religion; Tod Gottes und Andersheit des Geistes: Die Ambivalenz von Hegels Philosophie der geoffenbarten Religion; Grundlinien von Hegels Theorie der Liebe; Fokus 3.C Philosophie; Philosophie als Institution?: Zwischen dem ?noch nicht" und dem ?nicht mehr"; Philosophieren als Sterben: Selbsterkenntnis und Vers?hnung bei Hegel (eine Ann?herung); Teil 4 Vom objektiven zum absoluten Geist -- der ?bergang im enzyklop?dischen System (OCLC) Volume 21 of the Brill series, "Critical Studies in German Idealism" (CSGI).