vainker s j (41 risultati)

Condizione: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:9781854440792.

Very good with owner name and slight wear in good slightly crimped jacket with slight shelf wear. Illustrated. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 242 Illustrations, Including 237 Plates In Full Color (illustratore). First Edition. This is a near fine hardcover first edition in red silk like binding in a near fine mylar protected DJ. red. PLEASE NOTE, MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY ON THIS FOLIO SIZE BOOK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first hard cover edition in a like (not clipped) dust-jacket. The text is of course wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance, with some incipient fraying and wear at the extremities. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].

Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Contents; Ceramics in the Neolithic and the Bronze Age -- Funerary art and functional vessels: the Han and six dynasties -- Foreign influences and Chinese traditions: the Tang dynasty -- The classical period: the Song dynasty -- The worldwide export of porcelain: the Yuan, Ming and Quing dynasties -- Later architectural and popular ceramics: 1500 onwards -- Imperial porcelains from Jingdezhen: the Yuan, Ming and Quing dynasties. Pottery, Chinese Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Pottery, Chinese Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368. 3 Kg.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. 240pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers, stapled. 8vo. Light chipping to edges; some tanning and wear to covers, corners starting to curl. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:1854441450.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Contents; Ceramics in the Neolithic and the Bronze Age -- Funerary art and functional vessels: the Han and six dynasties -- Foreign influences and Chinese traditions: the Tang dynasty -- The classical period: the Song dynasty -- The worldwide export of porcelain: the Yuan, Ming and Quing dynasties -- Later architectural and popular ceramics: 1500 onwards -- Imperial porcelains from Jingdezhen: the Yuan, Ming and Quing dynasties. Pottery, Chinese Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Pottery, Chinese Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368. 1 Kg.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Book good. 240 pp. Index. Coloured illustrations.

Hardbound. Condizione: VG/VG. Blue cloth with bluish-glossy, color-illustrated dustjacket. 240 pp., 98 bw and 100 color plates. A comprehensive survey of the development of ceramics from the Neolithic period to the present day. Assessing the roles pottery has played in each dynasty throughout the history of China, Vainker (curator, Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum) also discusses its enormous impact on the ceramic industries of the rest of the world, where Chinese porcelain has been admired and collected for centuries.

Cloth Over Board. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good (Protective cover). This copy is in good condition. The jacket has light rubbing and edgewear. Text has slightly yellowed at the edges but remains free of markings and secure in binding. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Welcome to Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present (1995) by S. J. Vainker , published by the British Museum Press ? a book that takes one look at several thousand years of human ingenuity, kiln technology, imperial taste, trade networks, and aesthetic obsession, and says: Right then. Let?s do this properly. This is the opposite of a vague ?pretty objects? coffee-table skim (though you?ll absolutely find yourself staring at the pictures like a magpie with a degree). It?s a clear, museum-brained guide to how Chinese ceramics evolved from early functional pottery into the kind of porcelain that made the rest of the world go, ?Hang on ? you can do THAT with clay?? and immediately start importing, imitating, hoarding, and naming entire categories after it. Vainker guides you through the long arc: prehistoric forms, technical leaps, refined glazes, shifting styles, and the way dynasties and taste can turn mud into status. You?ll meet the big headline moments ? celadons, white wares, blue-and-white, courtly refinement, export trade ? plus the quieter pleasures: shapes, motifs, firing techniques, and the subtle differences that separate ?nice bowl? from ?the bowl that makes collectors speak in hushed tones.? And because it?s British Museum Press, there?s a satisfying sense that you?re being led through a gallery by someone who knows exactly where the good stuff is and will not let you leave without understanding why a particular glaze is a minor miracle. It?s the kind of book that makes you look at your own crockery with faint disappointment. Condition: Good , meaning this copy has been used the way sensible art-history books should be used ? handled, consulted, maybe lovingly pored over by someone who started with ?I just like vases? and ended up knowing dynasty timelines and glaze names. Expect a little honest wear, but nothing that stops it doing its job: making you smarter, more appreciative, and dangerously capable of saying things like ?that looks Song? at random objects. Perfect for: museum lovers and ceramics nerds, anyone who wants a proper introduction without drowning in jargon, collectors, students, or curious browsers who enjoy learning the ?why? behind beauty, and people who like their history tangible, glossy, and occasionally kiln-fired to near-perfection. Sold by Crappy Old Books , naturally ? because where else would a serious, elegant guide to one of humanity?s greatest art-and-technology stories end up, if not waiting patiently on a shelf for the next person to fall into the delightful rabbit hole of clay, fire, and genius.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A whole civilisation, explained through objects specifically designed to survive being dropped. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain (British Museum Press, 1991) by S. J. Vainker is the book that calmly takes you by the hand and leads you through several thousand years of Chinese ceramics, while you mutter, ?Surely that?s just a bowl?? and the author gently proves you wrong for about 250 pages. This is not just ?nice plates? This is: Neolithic pots that look like they?ve seen things. Tang horses that appear fully aware they are magnificent. Song bowls so minimalist they could have their own Instagram. Ming and Qing porcelain that quietly declares, ?Yes, we are the reason half of Europe went mad for blue-and-white patterns.? Vainker does that soothing expert thing of making you feel both very ignorant and oddly reassured at the same time. Kilns, clays, glazes, firing techniques, dynasties, trade routes ? it?s all here, organised, illustrated, and explained with the patience of someone who has accepted that yes, you might still call everything ?china? but can, in time, be improved. The book is generously illustrated, because telling you about celadon is one thing; showing you the exact shade of ethereal green that made emperors smug is quite another. You get object shots, details, timelines ? the full ?So that?s why the museum label went on about it? treatment. This copy comes courtesy of Crappy Old Books , proudly graded Condition: Good , which in our highly scientific condition scale means: The cover shows light shelfwear: more ?carefully handled in a reasonably civilised home? than ?used as a kiln prop.? The spine is square and dependable, like a well-constructed storage jar that has outlived many fashions. The pages are clean, tightly bound, and just gently toned ? think ?off-white porcelain? rather than ?tea accident.? Minor scuffs, corner softening and perhaps a discreet previous owner?s name are treated as provenance rather than flaws and are included at no extra charge. ISBN: 0714114480 , so your catalogue can pretend this is a strictly academic acquisition and not just an elegant excuse to ogle pots. Recommended if: You?ve ever stared at a museum case of Chinese ceramics and thought, ?These are pretty, but I have absolutely no idea what I?m looking at.? You like your art history with enough technical detail to sound impressive at dinner, but not so much that you have to build your own kiln. You secretly enjoy the idea that entire dynasties can be summarised by their attitude to glaze. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain : a guided tour of the bowls, jars, vases and figurines that outlasted emperors, revolutions and fashion ? now in Good used condition, ready to sit on your shelf radiating calm, long-term durability and the faint suggestion that your other books are not nearly refined enough.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Ashmolean Museum, 2000 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée en couleurs -.Importante iconographie en couleurs en texte - 253 pages -Très propre Livres.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 60 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm. Published to coincide with a solo exhibition of the work by Liu Dan (b.1953), to be displayed in the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Gallery for Chinese Painting at the Ashmolean from 20 October 2016 to 26 February 2017.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 1991 first edition hardback with unclipped dustjacket. Interior has small address label otherwise extremely clean with no writing, marks, tears or folds and all pages tight in binding, cloth covers clean and unscuffed. Dustjacket clean and shiny.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: British Museum Press for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1991. First edition. 240p. 80 b & w and 100 col. illus. A very good copy in a similar d/w, with slight damage at head of spine (see image).

Soft cover. Condizione: New. 5th or later Edition. xv, 353 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm. Summary:"Internationally renowned and a crucial classroom text, The Arts of China has been revised and expanded by the late Michael Sullivan, with Shelagh Vainker. This new, sixth, edition has an emphasis on Chinese art history, not as an assemblage of related topics, but as a continuous story. With updated attributions and dating throughout and a revised bibliography, it reflects the latest archaeological discoveries, as well as giving increased attention to modern and contemporary art and to calligraphy throughout China's history, with additional discussions of work by women artists. Visual enhancements include all new maps, and approximately one hundred new color illustrations--bringing the total to well over four hundred color illustrations. Written in the engaging and lucid style that is Sullivan's hallmark, The Arts of China is readily accessible to general readers as well as to serious students of art history. Sullivan's approach remains true to the way the Chinese themselves view art, providing readers with a sense of the sweep of history through China's dynasties. This organizational strategy makes it easy for readers to understand the distinct characteristics of each period of art and to gain a clearer view of how Chinese art has changed in relation to its historical context. With many improvements that bring it fully up to date, The Arts of China will remain the most comprehensive and widely read introduction to the history of Chinese art." -- Publisher's description.

Soft cover. Large 8vo. pp 253. Original publisher's illustrated wraps, lettered black and red on spine and front cover. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 1854441329 Stamp on inside cover, otherwise fine.

Quarto, 240 pages, original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-230) and index. Subjects; Pottery, Chinese Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Pottery, Chinese Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368. Porcelain, Chinese Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Porcelain, Chinese Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368. 4 Kg.