In this extraordinary work of scholarship, Victor Mair traces the global development over a thousand years of a genre of popular Buddhist folk literature from China
This painstaking survey was completed as a PhD dissertation by Baker 75 years ago, in 1937, and has been completely updated and expanded by two conservators of the screens, Ann Ballantyne and Pauline
Proceedings of the IIC Nordic Group conference 'Planning to move? Processes and consequences for collections, objects and society' held in October 2012.
Located within the Palazzo dei Normanni, the Palatine Chapel is the finest example of Arab-Norman art in Palermo. Built by Roger II from 1130 to 1140, the chapel is adorned with extraordinary Norman-B
From the curators of Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama, this catalog details 250 artworks from its collections of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, Native American, and modern and c
"Traces the history of Russian silver from before 1700 to 1917, following its fate in the 1920s and 1930s, when much of it was sold to American collectors and is now found in many public museums"--Pro
This book covers the latest research in the field of ancient Asian metal-working in South and Southeast Asia, China and West Asia, concentrating mainly on copper alloys.
The symposium was held in Vienna this time, organized by the Institute for Conservation and Restorations at the Academy of Fine Arts, where formal training in art restoration first began in 1908. The
