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Books on: japan sculpture

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Sculpture of Japan, from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century

Book by William Watson; The Studio, 1959

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Art, Buddhist, Sculpture, Japanese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...initial standards for the Buddhist sculpture of Japan. The relation of Chinese sculpture...it is repeated in the relation of Japan to China. Wherever Chinese statues...linear vision of Chinese art. So in Japan statues based directly on Chinese...
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Japanese Sculpture

Book by Seiroku Noma, M. G. Mori; Board of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways, 1939

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Art, Buddhist, Sculpture--Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...instead. This in a sense gave sculpture a splendid opportunity and impetus...into that of a fine art. Modern Sculpture This is sculpture practised in order to produce...sculpture hitherto produced in Japan from olden times--many of...
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Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue

Book by National Sculpture Society (U.S.); National Sculpture Society, 1923

Subjects:

Medals--Exhibitions, Sculptors--United States, Sculpture, American--Exhibitions

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GOZO KAWAMURA GOZO KAWAMURA was born in Japan in 1886. He studied in the studios of Henry H. Kitson, Boston...portraits and mortuary and public memorials. MEMBERSHIP: National Sculpture Society; New York Architectural League; American Art Association...
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The Greek Tradition in Sculpture

Book by Walter Raymond Agard; The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930

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Sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Greek--Influence, Sculpture--History

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...of Cnidus, 44 . Denmark, Sculpture of, 39 , 45 . Desiderio da...Engelmann, R., 45 . England, Sculpture of, 36 , 38 , 40 , 44 , 45...by Bourdelle, 47 . France, Sculpture of, 35 , 36 , 37 , 41 , 42...45 . Ivories, 25 , 26 . JAPAN, SCULPTURE OF, 29 . Jeanne...
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Later Greek Sculpture: And Its Influence on East and West

Book by A. W. Lawrence; Harcourt, Brace, 1927

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Sculpture, Greek

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...Rapson and others, Cambridge History of India , Vol. I. O. Siren, Chinese Sculpture . Karl With, Buddhistische Plastik in Japan . Langdon Warner, Japanese Sculpture of the Suiko Period . W. H. Schoff, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea...

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Journal Articles on: japan sculpture

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Defining African Art: Primitive Negro Sculpture and the Aesthetic Philosophy of Albert Barnes

Journal article by Christa Clarke; African Arts, Vol. 36, 2003

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African sculpture--Research, Sculpture, African--Research

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Origins of Primitive Negro Sculpture The book began as a request...than one hundred African sculptures, purchased from Paul Guillaumes...proposed book on African sculpture included not only Barness...artistic qualities of African sculpture--all evidently written...civilized world--even in Japan" (letter, Barnes to Thomas...
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Parque Dos Poetas/poets' Park: The Interplay of Stone and Words in Public Sculpture

Journal article by Albert Braz; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 43, 2010

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Aesthetics--Analysis, Poets--Appreciation, Poets--Models, Public art--Social aspects, Rocks--Usage, Sculpture--Analysis, Sculpture--Canada, Sculpture--Portugal, Word (Linguistics)--Usage, Words--Usage

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...Poets Park, a Portuguese sculpture garden that combines sculptures of twentieth-century...being celebrated by the sculpture. In the case of sculptures like those of Lincoln and...Argentina to the Bahamas, Japan, Spain, and throughout...created all twenty marble sculptures, also has an international...usually at the base of a sculpture, and even then all one...
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Japan in American Museuems--but Which Japan?

Journal article by Yoshiaki Shimizu; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

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Art criticism, Culture, Japan, Museum exhibits, United States

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...traveling exhibitions from Japan may be said to have...Japanese Painting and Sculpture presented an astounding...paintings (77), sculptures (11), and applied...and shipped back to Japan on board the United...They arrived back in Japan on March 5, 1954...Japanese Painting and Sculpture was a remarkable event...many paintings and sculptures considered by the Japanese...
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From Space to Environment: The Origins of Kankyo and the Emergence of Intermedia Art in Japan

Journal article by Midori Yoshimoto; Art Journal, Vol. 67, 2008

Subjects:

Environment (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Environment (Art)--Forecasts and trends, Environment (Art)--History, Environmental art--Criticism and interpretation, Environmental art--Forecasts and trends, Environmental art--History, Japan--Environmental aspects, Japan--Social aspects

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...exhibited a complex light sculpture; two small plexiglass cubes...exhibition was filled with sculptures employing reflective materials...painter who had turned to sculpture in the early 1960s. Her...Committee Members, Interia/Japan Interior Design 46 (January...of Art, 2001). Tanakas sculpture abstracted from recognizable...
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Merofu Kannon and Her Veneration in Zen and Imperial Circles in Seventeenth-century Japan

Journal article by Patricia Fister; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 34, 2007

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Ancient civilizations, Buddhism, Buddhists, Clergy, Deities, Japan, Poetry

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...presumably after Sanmi no Tsubones death, a sculpture of her was carved and donated to Shokoji...8). According to temple lore, the sculpture was modeled after the oshie image by...that the figure once held a scroll. The sculpture was placed inside the shrine with the...

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Magazine Articles on: japan sculpture

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Netsuke: Unique Japanese Miniature Sculpture

Magazine article by Berniece Patterson; Arts & Activities, Vol. 130, January 2002

Subjects:

Art and society--Japan, Japan--Art, Netsukes--Japan, Sculpture, Japanese--History

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...unique Japanese miniature sculpture. by Berniece Patterson Netsuke...introduction of tobacco into Japan by the Portuguese in 1542 was...When Commodore Perry arrived in Japan in 1853 and foreign trade was...that time, foreign trade with Japan had been forbidden for over...
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Fifth Osaka Dance Experience: Dancing Nature and Body in Japan

Magazine article by Thomas Heyd; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, November 1999

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Dancing--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Mori, Miyako--Performances, Osaka, Japan--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Takenouchi, Atsushi--Performances

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...IN JAPAN TORII HALL OSAKA, JAPAN JULY 29-AUG. 11, 1999 The...televisions Star Trek. While Japan prides itself on a sense of...of watching a classical Greek sculpture come alive; the three pieces...outstanding dance concerts in Japan in butoh and other styles...
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The Painted Sculpture of Joan Miro

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 131, November 2002

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Miro, Joan--Works, Sculptors--Works

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...Europe, the U.S., and Japan. About this time, Miro...laurels, he rediscovered sculpture with a passion. In 1964...he planted 13 monumental sculptures in the beautifully sited...he began to work on small sculptures, some patinated and others...the monumental polychrome sculptures of his last years. These...Color: Joan Miros Painted Sculpture," an exhibition on view...
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"Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers": HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, WASHINGTON, DC

Magazine article by Nuit Banai; Artforum International, Vol. 49, September 2010

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Klein, Yves--Criticism and interpretation, Museums

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...HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, WASHINGTON, DC...the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC...Interestingly, Kleins letters from Japan, published in books by Sidra...Cosmogonies," sponge reliefs and sculptures, and air-architecture...the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC...
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Robert Rauschenberg: Between Painting and Sculpture

Magazine article by Fred Stern; World and I, Vol. 26, May 2011

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27-1013 Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators, Painters (Artists)--Biography, Painters--Biography, Rauschenberg, Robert--Biography, Sculptors--Biography

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...Rauschenberg: Between Painting and Sculpture. by Fred Stern He once said, "I consider...exploration at the cusp of painting and sculpture which he called "combines." Combines...he began experimenting with miniature sculptures whose components included nails, chards...paper mills, and at these sites in Japan, Mexico, China, Tibet, Chile, Sri...

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Newspaper Articles on: japan sculpture

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Artist Sheds New Light on Sculpture

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, June 1, 1997

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Smithsonian Institution. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...places as far-flung as Japan and Nevada. This summer...the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens "Recent Acquisitions...exhibits 100 paintings, sculptures and mixed-media pieces...Jim Demetrion says of the sculpture. "The light passes through...spawned several other sculptures, such as the Hirshhorns...Obsolescence," a coded text sculpture similar to the Hirshhorns...
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Riches from a Free-Spirited Era in Japan

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 15, 1998

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Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...collection of Edo art ever to leave Japan. For the first time in Japan, there was an urban culture...Rarely are these works shown in Japan because of their fragility...exhibits some 300 paintings, sculpture, ceramics, lacquer, armor...
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Noguchi's Good-Earth Sculptures

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 31, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Noguchis good-earth sculptures. Byline: Joanna Shaw...Queen" in 1931 in Japan. Raised there until...artist had returned to Japan to find his personal...an "akari" lamp-sculpture as well. Straddling...master of biomorphic sculpture, tranquil gardens...years in early postwar Japan. Mr. Noguchi joined...artists superbly lighted sculptures, vases, dishes...
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Local Support for Striking Waterfront Sculpture; Another Place to Be Sited at Crosby Marina

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 8, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Support for Striking Waterfront Sculpture; Another Place to Be Sited...project, and the impact of the sculpture on the area. Experts concluded...transportation and installation of the sculpture is funded by Mersey Waterfront...Europe, the USA, Mexico and Japan. His critically-acclaimed...
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Ownership Dispute for Much-Loved Sculpture; David Bartlett Reports on a Row That Could See Superlambanana Sold Off

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 16, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Ownership Dispute for Much-Loved Sculpture; David Bartlett Reports on...work to a museum in his native Japan and, instead, loaned it to...and Mr Chiezo, who lives in Japan. Mr McEntegart says that...tried to sell it to a museum in Japan, but I talked with the director...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: japan sculpture

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T'Ang , Chinese Dynasty

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Tang culture, the Chinese Confucian culture and administrative system had profound influence in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Sculpture flourished (Tang horses are especially noted) and the painting (of which few examples have survived) is...
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Noguchi, Isamu

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...many independent pieces of sculpture and is also well known for...many playgrounds and stone sculpture gardens, e.g., in Mexico...Island City, New York, and in Japan. See studies by S. Takiguchi...1968); C. Zwerin, dir., Sculpture of Spaces: Noguchi (documentary...
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Brasses, Ornamental

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...associated in art with bronze, a copper-tin alloy (see bronze sculpture ). Brass was generally fashioned into utilitarian objects such as bowls, pots, and jugs. In the Middle East, China, and Japan, brass was beaten and hollow-cast, and in India an excellent...
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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...demand for paintings and sculptures portraying officials, warriors...space. During this period sculpture began to lose its Buddhist...Momoyama Period Architectural sculpture was on a par with the unprecedented...great demand for miniature sculptures in the form of ornamental...engraving found its way to Japan in this period and influenced...
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Chinese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...different character. Works of sculpture, painting, and architecture...figures became the great theme of sculpture. The forms of these figures...developing a national style in sculpture. This style reached its greatest...China (and was also made in Japan). Chinese Painting since...

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