Art/China

Octopus Books, 1972. VG+/VG+ Clean, tight copy. more information

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Kodansha International, 2008. Brand new Brand new. Save 20%. 176 pp. Approx. 7.75 x 10in. 27 oz.</p>Showcases forty of the latest and most relevant contemporary artists from China. Featuring stunning full-color plates of the work of leading painters, photographers, sculptors, performance artists, video artists, and even a fireworks artist, this book gives a fascinating insight into modern Chinese society and its vibrant contemporary art scene.</p> Chinese contemporary art is currently enjoying a worldwide boom, fetching record-breaking prices at auction houses around the globe. China's rapid transition from communism to consumerism, and the dizzying changes brought by urbanization, globalization, and new technologies have created a fascinating explosion of contemporary art overwhelmingly concerned with the search for self-identity in a society that, from Confucius to Mao, has traditionally disregarded individualism for the collective good.</p><i><b>Avatars and Antiheroes</i></b> reflects the schizophrenic undercurrents of a nation in continuous fast-forward. From the Cynical Realism and Political Pop movements associated with the post-Tiananmen generation of artists such as Yue Minjun whose grinning representations of himself as antihero seem to mock the revolutionary heroes of old, to the pop-culture generation spearheaded by Cao Fei whose digital avatars live in a world without borders, this book showcases the work of the most important contemporary artists to emerge from China in recent years.  more information

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Bonanza, 1953. VG+/G Appears unread. Light rubbing to extremities. Edgeworn jacket. In new clear Mylar protector. 384 pp. Illustrated. Approx. 7.5 x 10.25in. 40 oz. more information

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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1977. Very Good+ Contents like new. Light rubbing to covers. 2nd. Revised edition. more information

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Asian Art Museum San Francisco, 1984. Very Good+ Contents VG+. Covers rubbed. more information

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Asian Art Museum San Francisco, 1984. Very Good+ Contents VG+. Covers lightly rubbed. more information

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New York: Weatherhill, 1997. First edition. Fine New. 165 pp. Approx. 10 x 10in.</p> more information

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New York: Orion, 1959. Very good+ / None Some yellowing to page edges but a crisp,clean & tight copy. No DJ. Light rubbing and fading to boards. 331 pp. Illustrated. Approx. 5.5 x 8.5in. 33 oz.. more information

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London: Spring Books, 1954. Near Fine/VG Minus Hardcover. Appears unread. the 20 pp. of text are yellowed. Color plates still pristine. jacket is discolored & lightly edgeworn. 20 pp. text .100 color plates w/ descriptions, facing pages. more information

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Schocken, 1966. First edition. Very Good+ Appears unread. Yellowing to covers. more information

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Icon (Harpe), 1977. Good Contents crisp, clean, unmarked. Cover wear. Stickers, front cover. Name stamped on front edge and inside cover. A bit scruffy, but a very serviceable copy. more information

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Icon (Harpe), 1977. Good Crisp copy. Pencilled underlining. . more information

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Icon , 1975. Very Good+ . more information

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Bath, U.K: Museum East Asian Art, 1993. New . 188 pp. Approx. 12 x 9in. 90 Chinese metalwares and over 40 Chinese Decorative Art objects from the inaugural exhibition of this museum in the U.K. devoted solely to the arts of East Asia. Essays in English & Chinese on metalwares, lacquers, soft stone carvings, bamboo carvings and gourds. Many of these items are shown here for the first time and several are believed to be unique. An important reference. more information

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Bath, U.K: Museum East Asian Art, 1993. New New. . 281 pp. Approx. 12 x 9in. 90 Chinese ceramics from the inaugural exhibition of this museum in the U.K. devoted solely to the arts of East Asia. Exhibits from around 2500 BC to around 1820 AD. Essays in English & Chinese. An important reference. more information

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Kansas City: Nelson Gallery, 1975. 1st edition. Very good+ Light cover wear. Contents like new. Approx. 400 pp. 9x11 in. Catalog for the 1975 touring exhibition. more information

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Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1960. Good/None Contents VG. Some age toning to pages. No jacket. Covers are rubbed, faded, edgeworn & lightly soiled. A scruffy but very servicable reading copy. 186 pp. Approx. 10 x 12 in. 34 color plates (tipped in) & 120 black & white illustrations. Text in French. more information

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Wuxi University, 2000. Fine in Near Fine DJ As new in lightly shelfworn jacket. 304 pp. Approx. 8.75 x10.25 in. 2.75 lbs. Text in Chinese & English. more information

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Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 1986. Very Good+ Crisp, clean copy. 18 pp. Approx. 5.75 x 8.75 in. Exhibition at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, March 11 - July 29, 1986. more information

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Harper & Row, 1972. Fine /VG+ As new. Jacket is lightly discolored and has some light edgewear, top and 3/4 in. closed tear. Now in new clear Mylar protector. 296 pp. Approx. 9 x 12.75in. 72 oz.. more information

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Sotheby's, 1973. Very Good+ Crisp, clean copy. Light cover wear. Catalog for Friday 16th. November, 1973. more information

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Sotheby's, 2006. Fine As new. 181 pp. Approx. 8.5 x 11in. more information

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Crown, 1960. VG+/VG+ . more information

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Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1961. Near Fine/Good+ Appears unread. In edgeworn & chipped DJ. In new clear Mylar protector. more information

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London: Faber & Faber, 1963. First edition. Fine /VG+ As new in lightly edgeworn jacket. 173 pp. Plus 160 pp. of B/W plates. Approx. 11x9 in. Illustrations, descriptions and essays on the pieces in this important collection, especially notable for the tomb figurines, for the range and qualities of wares of the T'ang and Sung dynasties and for the small but important group of archaic bronzes. more information

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University of California Press, 1984. Very Good+ Appears unread. Previous owner's label inside. Some faint shelfwear. more information

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Faber, 1967. Very Good . more information

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Universe Books, 1975. VG+/VG+ Crisp, clean, tight. Prev. owner's name inside front endpaper. 126 pp. plus 146 plates. Approx. 6 x 8.5in. 22 oz.</p>William Watson discards the customary historical approach to Chinese art which divides the subject by dynasties or by the categories of the fine arts as they are understood in the West, a method that has tended to obscure the basic analogies in Chinese and Western art. Instead, he groups the categories of artistic invention, period taste, archaism, and psychological quality under the broad headings of <i>hieratic, realistic</i> and <i>decorative</i>. He traces these three major aspects of Chinese style separately from early to recent times, looking for corresponding manifestations in both najor and minor arts: painting, sculpture, pottery, jade, porcelain, and textiles.</p>But Professor Watson does not neglect historical sequence. His first chapter, on <i>hieratic styles,</i> describes a stylistic cycle which, as primary expression, extends from the 15th. to the 1st. century B.C. The <i>realism</i> discussed in the second chapter is present insignificant degree only in much later periods. The chapter on <decorative styles</i>touches upon early art but is largely concerned with the last thousand years, when a conscious separation of the decorative from the expressive was particulary characteristic. more information

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Pelican, 1958. Good Both books sound & tight. Pages considerably tanned. Name, light soiling on front covers. Vol. 2 has small stain, bottom corner. more information

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Indiana University Press, 1964. Good Ex-Library. Contents VG. Binding cracked. Heavy cover wear. Scruffy , reading copy only. more information

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Gallspach, 1994. Near Fine/None (as issued) Contents as new. Faint rubbing to covers. . 465 pp. Approx. 12 x 9 in. Text primarily in German. Preface, introduction and all picture captions also in English. Profusely illustrated in color with hundreds of examples. more information

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