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An Ideal Country: Paintings by Dwight William Tryon in the Freer Gallery of Art
By Linda Merrill
Softcover, 200 pages, color and b/w reproductions throughout
Original list price: $19.95
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Asian Traditions in Clay
The Hauge Gifts
Featuring extraordinary examples of ceramics from Ancient Iran, medieval Cambodia, and the Islamic Near East, this Sackler Gallery publication by museum curators Louise Cort, Massumeh Farhad, and Ann Gunter documents recent gifts by the Hauge family. 152 pages, softcover.
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The Adventures of Hamza
Edited by Alison Effeny; Essays by John Seyller, Ebba Koch, Rainald Franz, Antionette Owen, and Wheeler M. Thackston
This publication brings together more than sixty illustrations commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the second half of the sixteenth century to depict the exploits of Hamza, an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad who traveled the world spreading the teachings of Islam. The book places these works from collections all over the world alongside narratives of related text passages from The Adventures of Hamza, also known as the Hamzanama.
Visit the online exhibition
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Sevruguin and the Persian Image: Photographs of Iran, 1870-1930
Edited by Frederick N. Bohrer
Softcover, 124 pages, illustrated throughout
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Music in the Age of Confucius, exhibition catalogue
Lovers of art and music, as well as enthusiasts of archaeology, musicology, and cultural history, will find this a compelling and readable exhibition catalogue presenting the latest research on the history of musical instruments in ancient China.
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A Freer Stela Reconsidered: Occasional Paper Volume III-2002
By Stanley K. Abe
Softcover, 52 pages, b/w illustrations throughout
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The Art of Xu Bing:
Words Without Meaning, Meaning Without Words
The thought-provoking works of Xu Bing have brought worldwide attention to this accomplished calligrapher, printmaker, art teacher, and unassuming provocateur. Follow Xu Bing's career from his teenage years in China during the Cultural Revolution, through his creation of Ghosts Pounding the Wall (an actual rubbing of the Great Wall of China) and the controversy surrounding his Book from the Sky, to his most recent installation pieces and invention of Square Word Calligraphy. 84 pages, 39 color illustrations, 16 black & white illustrations, softcover.
Visit the online exhibition
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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints in the Anne van Biema Collection
by Ann Yonemura, with essays by Donald Keene, C. Andrew Gerstle, Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton, and Joshua Mostow
In this publication, scholars discuss major themes of the collector Anne van Biema's Japanese prints. Detailed commentary on 138 prints includes new translations of texts and interpretive analysis that sheds new light on the prints and their meaning in a world that has long since disappeared.
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The Potter's Brush:
The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics
Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743), Japan's greatest ceramic artist, is celebrated for his inventive decoration and for his role as workshop master. The Potter's Brush explores the development of the Kenzan style through his own distinctive pottery, as well as wares that continued to be produced long after his death. Written by Richard L. Wilson, Director of Japan Studies and Professor of Art and Archaeology at the International Christian University, Tokyo, The Potter's Brush is lavishly illustrated with 210 color and 55 black & white illustrations, and contains a complete inventory of the Freer Gallery of Art collection. Softcover, 239 pages.
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A Basketmaker in Rural Japan
By Louise Allison Cort and Nakamura Kenji
Softcover, 160 pages, illustrated throughout
Original list price: $29.95
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Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan
By Ann Yonemura
Hardcover, 198 pages, color reproductions throughout
Original list price: $60
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India through the Lens
Photography 1840–1911
At the turn of the millennium, photography is ubiquitous and unquestioned. A century and a half ago however, notes curator and scholar Vidya Dehejia, "the simple ability to produce a photograph was in itself a marvel. . . . The early decades of the nineteenth century witnessed the pursuit of a dream, an obsession with cajoling nature into a miraculous reflection upon a surface where it could be captured and retained for all time." India was at the vanguard of the explosion of photography; both Indian and foreigner (mainly British) strove to document and reveal the Indian landscape, people, and architecture. The essays in this book reveal the history and importance of photography in India, from the appeal of the panorama to the documentation of people, places, and princes—and to the outstanding Indian photographer, Lala Deen Dayal, who was unique in being esteemed by both the world of the British and the world of princely India. This book appeals to specialists and nonspecialists alike—all those who love early photography or British India are bound to enjoy India through the Lens.
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The Moonlight Garden
New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal
Compelling discoveries of the remains of a fantastic garden, directly across the river from the Taj Mahal, have yielded fascinating insights about the original design of one of the world's most splendid monuments. 100 pages, 52 color illustrations
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Devi: The Great Goddess—Female Divinity in South Asian Art
By Vidya Dehejia
Hardcover, 408 pages, color and b/w reproductions throughout
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Workshop and Patron in Mughal India
The Freer Ramayana and Other Illustrated Manuscripts of Abd al-Rahim
Abd al-Rahim, the commander-in-chief of the Mughal armies and a great bibliophile, was the most important patron of Mughal painting outside the imperial family. This book presents the seven illustrated manuscripts commissioned by this eminent noble, and places them in the context of imperial Mughal painting and patronage. The centerpiece of the book is the famous Ramayana in the Freer Gallery of Art.
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Dara-Shikoh Shooting Nilgais: Hunt and Landscape in Mughal Painting
Occasional Paper Volume I-1998
By Ebba Koch
Softcover, 58 pages, b/w reproductions throughout
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The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of India, 1580-1630
Occasional Paper Volume II-1998
By Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Softcover, 53 pages, b/w illustrations throughout
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Love in Asian Art and Culture
By Jan Stuart, et. al.
Softcover, 120 pages, color and b/w reproductions throughout
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King of the World:
The Padshahnama,
an Imperial Manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle
This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name, presented in the Sackler Gallery in the Fall of 1997.
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