Author: AW Asia (Organization)

Ai Weiwei : circle of animals. [Circle of animals/Zodiac heads]
Date2011
Publish_locationMunich ; New York
PublisherPrestel
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook (Collection catalog)
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberNB1049.A4 A4 2011
Description219 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Note

Ai Weiwei : circle of animals / edited and with an introduction by Susan Delson.
"Published in association with AW Asia, New York, on the occasion of the traveling installation Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-214) and index.

Essays include: Circle of animals/Zodiac heads and the Twelve-Animal Cycle in China / Paola Demattè - - Ming-Qing arts and Jesuit visions: visual encounters and exchanges in 18th century Beijing / Marco Musillo - - Heads of State: looting, nationalism, and repatriation of Zodiac bronzes / Kristina Kleutghen.

SubjectJesuits--China--16th-18th centuries--Contributions in art and architecture Animals, Mythical--China Yuanmingyuan 圓明園 (Beijing 北京)--History Ai Weiwei 艾未未--Exhibitions Ai Weiwei 艾未未--Criticism and interpretation Ai Weiwei 艾未未--Interviews Animal sculpture--China--21st century--Exhibitions Zodiac in art--History--18th century Sculpture, Chinese--21st century--Exhibitions Art thefts--China--History--19th century
ISBN9783791346366 ; 3791346369
LCCN2011933708