***Graphics resource: Ancient Chinese civilization; art objects, tools, astronomical instruments, astrolabes, historical scientific development, ancient astronomy, calendars, observatories, compasses and gnomons, celestial charts and navigation, horological instruments, ships (with models), geomancy, weapons, cannon, incendiary devices, ballistas, catapults, and trebuchets, paper and papermaking, rubbing, writing tools, plates, moveable type, bronzes, ancient pottery, looms, silk, weaving, early Western books on China, Jesuits, Ricci map Kunyu wanguo quantu.

Contents: Brief history of the Imperial collection and the Palace Museum, famous Tang-Song models, e.g. Yan Liben's Foreign envoy with tribute bearers, Portraits, Palace concert, Ladies preparing newly woven silk (Huizong), Wenji's return to China (Zhen Juzhong), Wenji's captivity in Mongolia, Children at play and Lady at Dressing-table (Su Hanchen), Horses and groom (Han Gan), Man trying to catch a horse (He Cheng), Eight gentlemen on a Spring outing (Zhao Yan), Tartars traveling on horseback (Li Zanhua), Travelers in the mountains, Drinking and singing at the foot of a precipitous mountain (Guan Tong), Fishing on a wintry river, Travelers among the snowy hills (Li Cheng), Travelers among mountains (Fan Kuan) Red cliffs (Wu Yuanzhi), (Yang Shixian), Hangzhou in moonlight album leaf (Li Song), Man in a pavilion watching the tide on the Qiantang River (Xu Daoning), On a mountain path, Two sages and attendant under a plum tree (Ma Yuan), Dragon boat regatta (Wang Zhenpeng), Walking with a staff, Eight landscapes (Shen Zhou), Shade of Summer trees, Stately trees and peaks (Dong Qichang).

Xianggang Shi zhengju 香港市政局 ; Faguo zhu Xianggang zonglingshiguan lianhe zhuban 法國駐香港總領事館聯合主辦 ; Xianggang yishuguan ji Faguo guoli Jimei Yazhou yishu bowuguan chouhua 香港藝術館及法國國立吉美亞洲藝術博物館籌劃 = From Beijing to Versailles, artistic relations between China and France / [produced by the Hong Kong Museum of Art].
Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet held at Hong Kong Museum of Art, April 29-June 15, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-378).

The Silk Road--Occidental section--Oriental section--Mongols and Islam--The Church and the King--Artistic exchanges: Engraving--Artistic exchanges: Painting--Artistic exchanges: Decorative arts.
Introduction keywords: Franco-Chinese, Sino-French relations ; Pelliot ; Buddhism ; Nestorianism ; Christianity in China; Jesuits; engravers, Gherardini, Ripa, cold-chisel prints; perspective; Castiglione, Benoist, d'Incarville; Xu Yang, hunting scenes, decorative arts; enamels, glaze, enamel on copper; Gravereau.

***Graphic resource: Alexander the Great, Asia Minor; Greek art motives, medallions, Ganymede, Eagle of Zeus,etc, in Afghanistan; bas-relief with Sogdians, Northern Qi dynasty; Tang terracotta; ewers, flasks, Dunhuang painting Qian Fo dong 千佛洞 ; itinerant monk; Buddhist manuscript sutra (Uighur, Uyghur); Nestorian stele (excellent photo of full-size plaster cast #29); Chine Illustrée, Athanasius Kircher, China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis; Praise to the Holy Trinity, Nestorian hymn in Chinese Gloria in excelsis Deo (Dunhuang 8th-9th centuries), Eastern Syriac Church; Correspondence: Letter from Argun (Arghun), Mongol Khan of Persia, to Philippe le Bel, King of France (1289), Uighur letters, Mongolian language; Buscarel, Argun's envoy (15 missions between 1274-1303); Oeldjaitou, to Philippe (1305); Nestorian crosses, tombstones from Kirghizstan, Xinjiang, Khotan (#35 appears to be in error); porcelain; Ricci/Verbiest decorated world map (p. 148-149); page from Scenes from the Life of Jesus, Tianzhu jiangsheng yanxing jilue 天主降生言行紀略 by Giulio Aleni, adaptation of Evangelica historiae imagines published by Geronimo Nadal in Antwerp (1595) ; Kunyu quantu 坤輿全圖 in woodblock, hand-colored and screen-mounted (#47); pages of De Sinica Religione by Charles Maigrot, Chinese Rites controversy (#48); cloisonnée chalice with Christian scenes; pages from Du Halde's Description..., famous portraits of Ricci, Schall, Verbiest, Xu Guangqi and Candida Xu (Siu); St. Ignatius of Loyola (#51), Resurrection on Jindezhen ware; Letter from Yongzheng (?) Emperor to Pope Clement XI; Louis XIV to Emperor; amusing copper engraving of soveregn of "Sino-Tartar Empire"; Qianlong portrait by Qian Weicheng 錢維城 ; catalog of Qianlong's seals.

Emperor, scholar, artisan, monk : the creative personality in Chinese works of art : [exhibition].

Boxed set of 1 volume (288 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm) + ǂe 3 fanfolding pieces (color illustrations ; 29 x 21 cm)

Catalog by Paul Moss.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-288).

[1]. Catalogue -- [2]. Beautiful scenery of Peach blossom spring, with Fan Chʻang-Chʻien's Peach blossom spring poem (1638) -- [3]. The seventh Nan-Hsün-Tʻu handscroll, from Wu-hsi to Suchou (1691-1698) -- [4]. Prince I's Lan-tʻing ink rubbing compilation (1592).

N.B. Included in ASCC but not indicated in volumes.

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Emperors' treasures : Chinese art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei / edited by Jay Xu and He Li ; with contributions by Jay Xu, Fung Ming-chu, Ho Chuan-hsin, Alfreda Murck, Tianlong Jiao, He Li, and curators from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
"North Clarendon, VT : Distributed by Tuttle Publishing (North America, Latin America & Europe)”

“Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, co-organized by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and held at the Asian Art Museum, June 17-September 18, 2016, and at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 2016-January 22, 2017. (Verso of title page)”

“All catalogue entries were contributed in Chinese by authors from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and translated into English by a team of researchers and scholars from the United States"--Authors and translators, page 243.

"Emperors' Treasures features artworks from the renowned National Palace Museum, Taipei. It encompasses paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, lacquer ware, jades, and textiles exemplifying the finest craftsmanship and imperial taste. The Chinese art book book explores the identities of eight Chinese rulers--seven emperors and one empress--who reigned from the early 12th through early 20th centuries. They are portrayed in a story line that highlights artworks of their eras, from the dignified Song to the coarse yet subtle Yuan, and from the brilliant Ming until the final, dazzling Qing period. Emperors' Treasures examines each ruler's distinct contribution to the arts and how each developed his or her aesthetic and connoisseurship"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.

Chronology of dynastic China -- Emperors of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties -- Imperial art collections and transitions in China / Ho Chuan-hsin -- Exceptional emperors : the antiquities collections of Huizong and Qianlong / Tianlong Jiao -- A millennium of imperial collecting and patronage / Alfreda Murck -- Catalogue of the exhibition. Song Dynasty (960-1279) : a great patron leads China's renaissance / He Li ; Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) : Mongol rule captures a rustic aesthetic / He Li ; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) : rulers restore a bright (Ming) culture / He Li ; Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) : Manchu emperors and an empress attain extravagant art / He Li -- Authors and translators.

Power and virtue : the horse in Chinese art / E. Harrist ; with contributions by Virginia Bower.
"This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition ... held at China Institute Gallery, September 11-December 13, 1997".--T. p. verso.
Alt. title: The Horse in Chinese art.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-121) and Chinese glossary.

Contents note: Includes horse and horse motif artwork by Zhao Mengfu, Gong Kai, Han Gan, Li Gonglin, Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining), Qian Feng, Jin Nong, Ren Bowen, Gao Qipei, Ren Renfa, Hu Gui, Qiu Ying, and anonymous artists.

Items in this exhibit are from the collection of Mr. Kwok On, and consist of carvings, silk, masks, door-gods (menshen), paper boats, paper theater puppets, and other items depicting gods, goddeses, Daoist and Buddhist rites, demons, Guanyin, Guan Yu, Earth God (Tudi Gong), Zhong Kui, Jade Emperor, Judge Bao, Thunder God (Leigong), Three Stars (San Xing), Oxherd and Weaving Maiden (Niulang Zhinu), Kitchen God (Zaojun), God of Wealth (Cai Shen) Chen Jinggu (guardian of women, pregnant women, female warrior), Mazu, Nozha, Nuozha (Investiture of th Gods), Sun Wukong, Dizang Wang, Eight Immortals (Baxian, Ba Xian), Liu Hai (Daoist immortal), God of Moats and Walls, Mediums, Guizhou nuoxi, Jiangxi nuoxi, Nantong nuoxi, temples, altars, Yao religious paintings, main feast days in the Chinese calendar, New Year, Qingming, Double Five (wuwu, duanwujie), Double Seven (qiqi), Ullambana (Yulanpen, Festival of Departed Spirits), paper boats, Moon Festival, Mid-Autum (Zhongqiu), Chang E, Chang'e, Double Nine (chongyang)

Sacred mountains in Chinese art : an exhibition organized by the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois and curated by Kiyohiko Munakata : Krannert Art Museum, November 9-December 16, 1990, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 25-March 31, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.

Essay: Sacred mountains in early Chinese art -- Catalogue: I. The geography and topography of the sacred mountains. Maps of China ; Topography of the sacred mountains -- II. Early symbolic images of the sacred mountains. The warring states period ; The Han Dynasty and subsequent periods -- III. Mountains and Daoistic images of the Immortals' realm. Daoists' holy sites ; Courtly images of the Land of Immortals ; Fantasies of intellectuals ; Peach blossom spring ; Gardens, rocks, and jade carvings -- IV. Mountains as spiritual home.

Sanfuranshisuko Ajia Bijutsukan shozō Tōyō bijutsu  サンフランシスコ・アジア美術館所蔵東洋美術 / [henshū Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan  編集京都国立博物館]  

English title on added t.p.: Oriental art from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan (Kyoto National Museum), Oct. 17-Nov. 26, 1995.
Greetings and list of exhibits also in English. 

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Splendors of Imperial China : ǂb treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei /  Maxwell K. Hearn.

Exhibition catalog.
Jointly published: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Taipei : National Palace Museum ; New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1996.

The Cultural Heritage -- The Sung Dynasty: A New Cultural Universe -- The Yuan Dynasty: Under Mongol Rule -- The Ming Dynasty: Empire of Restoration -- The Ch'ing Dynasty: A New Orthodoxy.

The collection of the National Palace Museum is made up largely of the personal holdings of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (reigned 1736-95). Representing the artistic legacy of imperial China, it offers an unsurpassed view of Chinese civilization. The objects lavishly illustrated and described in this book, which include magnificent ritual bronzes, precious jades, monumental landscape paintings, and exquisite ceramics, are among the finest ever created. Published to accompany the exhibition "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei," the book takes the reader through the most significant periods of Chinese culture: its foundations in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, its flowering in the sophisticated world of the Sung dynasty, its exuberance during the Ming, and its technical brilliance under the Manchus. The author makes the unique beauty of this art accessible through comparisons of selected works and through discussion of their historical context.

c.2 in Luce display

Taoism and the arts of China / Stephen Little with Shawn Eichman ; with essays by Patricia Ebrey [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-405) and index.

Taoism and the arts of China / Stephen Little -- Taoism: the story of the way / Kristofer Schipper -- Taoist architecture / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt -- Mapping early Taoist art: the visual culture of Wudoumi Dao / Wu Hung -- Taoism and art at the court of Song Huizong / Patricia Ebrey -- Catalogue of the exhibition. Part I : The formation of the Taoist tradition ; Laozi and the origins of Taoism ; Heaven and Earth : Taoist cosmology ; Sacred mountains and cults of the immortals ; Part II : The Taoist church ; The beginnings of religious Taoism ; Taoist ritual ; The Taoist pantheon ; Part III : The Taoist renaissance ; Taoism and popular religion ; Divine manifestations of Yin : goddesses and female saints ; Zhenwu, the perfected warrior ; Taoist immortals ; Inner alchemy and Its symbolism ; The sacred landscape -- Chinese names and terms.

"Taoism and the Arts of China brings together a collection of art from one of China's most ancient and influential traditions. Produced to accompany the first major exhibition ever organized on the Taoist philosophy and religion, this opulent book includes more than 150 works of art from as early as the late Zhou dynasty (5th-3rd century B.C.) to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Many of these works are paintings that show the breathtaking range of style and subject that makes the Taoist heritage so rich. Sculpture, calligraphy, rare books, textiles, and ritual objects are also represented." "Like the exhibition, the book is organized thematically. It begins with the sage Laozi, and moves on to explore the birth of religious Taoism and the interaction between Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. A wealth of subjects is covered: the gods of the Taoist pantheon, ritual, the boundaries and intersections between Taoism and popular religion, Taoist immortals and realized beings, the role of alchemy, sacred landscape and its significance, and Taoist temples and their architecture." "Taoism and the Arts of China includes a series of introductory essays by scholars with a deep understanding of their subjects. Among the topics are a historical introduction to Taoism, archaeological evidence for early Taoist art, and a general introduction to the functions of art in religious Taoism. Illustrated with over 230 color images, this volume affords a sweeping view of an artistic terrain that until now has received too little exposure in the West. Its publication constitutes a major advance in Western understanding of this important tradition."--Jacket.