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Book Review
Henri Bertin and the Representation of China in Eighteenth-Century France
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 966-967
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Choi, Kee Il Jr (Choi, Kee Il Jr)
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Henri Bertin and the Representation of China in Eighteenth-Century France By John Finlay. 196 pp. incl. 14 col. + 29 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, New York and London, 2020), £120. ISBN 978–1–138–20473–7. | :
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1. Maison à double étage, plate 20 from Essai sur l’architecture chinoise (1773). Ink and colour on paper, 35 by 45 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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2. Plate 2 from W. Chambers: Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils, London 1757. Engraving, 53 by 36.8 cm. (© British Library Board).
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Ornament as system: Chinese bird-and-flower design
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 380-389
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Rawson, Jessica (Rawson, Jessica)
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1. View of Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, designed by James Paine with additions by Robert Adam. 1736–65.
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2. The State Dining Room, Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, designed by James Paine (1740s) and decorated by Robert Adam in 1772.
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3. The State Bedroom, Nostell Priory, Yorkshire. The wallpaper is Chinese, the green lacquered furniture is by Chippendale. The bed hangings are Edwardian.
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4. Pine, plum and cranes, by Shen Quan. 1759. Hanging scroll, ink and colours on silk, 191 by 98.3 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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10. Drawing of the incised designs on a lacquer box from tomb M6 at Gaotai in Jingzhou, Hubei province. Second century B.C. 14.6 cm. high, 22.9 cm. diam. (Repr. from Jingzhou bowuguan: Jingzhou Gaotai Qin Han mu, Beijing 2000, figs.145:1, 4).
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11. Drawing of decoration of an inlaid bronze tubular chariot fitting. Western Han period, second–first century B.C. From tomb M122 at Ding Xian, Hebei province. The undulating scroll representing mountains and clouds is, probably, a Chinese interpretation of a borrowed leaf scroll. (Repr. from Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo chutu wenwu zhanlan, Beijing 1973, pl.85).
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12. Niche enclosing a figure of the Bodhisattva Manjusri, surrounded by plants with small white blooms. Cave 275 at Dunhuang in Gansu province. fourth–fifth century A.D. (Repr. from Chugoku sekkutsu. Tonko Makko-kutsu, I, Tokyo 1981, pl.12).
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13. Drawings of scenes on a house-shaped coffin from Datong in Shanxi province. Fifth century A.D. The scenes show the tomb’s occupants under a canopy near a tree and a group of retainers holding flowers. (Repr. from Wenwu (July 2001), pp.40–51, figs.6 and 7).
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14. Detail of a panel from the stone screen around the coffin bed from the tomb of Anjia, a Sogdian, buried at Xi’an. Sixth century A.D. (Repr. from Shaanxi sheng kaogu yanjiusuo: Xi’an Bei Zhou Anjia mu, Beijing 2003).
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15. The eastern side room of tomb 1 at Mi Xian Dahuting in Henan province. Domestic scenes are surrounded by cloud scrolls. Eastern Han period, second century A.D. (Repr. from Henan sheng wenwu yanjiusuo: Mi Xian Dahuting Han mu, Beijing 1993, pl.30).
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5. Octagonal box decorated with a gourd-shaped vase holding pine, prunus and nandina, fruit (grapes, pomegranate and apples), bowl with narcissus, goldfish and a stone chime. Chinese, eighteenth century, made at Suzhou. Gilded lacquer inlaid with ivory, coral, crystal, turquoise, jade, amber, mother-of-pearl and other semi-precious stones, 12.5 by 39.2 by 39.2 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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6. View of a shallow seat, or kang, in the Palace of the Eternal Spring (Changchun gong) in the Forbidden City, Beijing. A screen with auspicious plants forms the back of the seat, the whole framed with carved wood and textiles. Eighteenth or early nineteenth century. (Repr. from The Illustrated Catalogue of the Architecture and Decoration of the Imperial Palace: Interior Design, Beijing 1995, no.233).
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7. View of the interior of the front chamber of tomb of Wang Chuzhi (d.923 A.D.), showing the epitaph and its cover in front of a representation of a screen painted with a landscape on the north wall. The screens around the other walls depict flowers, as in Figs.8 and 9. (Repr. from Hebei sheng wenwu yanjiusuo, ed.: Wudai Wang Chuzhi mu, Beijing 1998, pl.13:2).
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8. Drawing of the west wall of the front chamber of the tomb of Wang Chuzhi, showing painted screens depicting flowering shrubs, rocks and birds, with textiles and painted beam above and at the top roofed niches that originally held the zodiac figures (only some remaining) alternating with painted cranes. (Repr. from Hebei sheng wenwu yanjiusuo, ed.: Wudai Wang Chuzhi mu, Beijing 1998, fig.5).
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9. Detail of a screen painted with a flowering shrub and a bird from the west wall of the front chamber of the tomb of Wang Chuzhi. (Repr. from Hebei sheng wenwu yanjiusuo, ed.: Wudai Wang Chuzhi mu, Beijing 1998, pl.8:1).
Book Review
The Art and Architecture of China
02/1958 | 659 | 100
Pages: 62
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Sullivan, Michael (Sullivan, Michael)
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The Art and Architecture of China | author: Sickman, Laurence , author: Soper, Alexander Coburn
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Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
10/1937 | 415 | 71
Pages: 153-155+158-163+167
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Bulling, Anneliese (Bulling, Anneliese; Bulling, A.)
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Fig. 1. Timber-Work of the Gate in the Eumorfopoulos Collection.
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Fig. 2. Model of a Little House of the Han Period, Found by Mr. Th. Torrance in Ssu-ch'uan (From Segalen, Voisins and Lartique: L'Art funéraire à l'Epoque des Han, p. 258)
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Fig. 3.-Triangular construction in the form of the so-called "man-beam," typical of the Wei period. Fig. 4.-Construction of the consoles. Sung period (from the Ying tsao fa shih). Fig. 5.-Transformation of the triangular construction into a homogeneous, decorative motif (from CHAVANNES: "Mission Archéologique," the timber-work of a triumphal arch from Shantung, Pl. ccccix). Fig. 6.-Spirals on the halo of a statue of Buddha, A. D. 536 (from Sirén: Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century). Fig. 7.-Construction of consoles with protruding rafters and simple decorative finishes. Sung period (from the Ying tsao ya Shih). Fig. 8.-Triangular construction in the form of a "Camelback," typical of the Sui and the first half of the T'ang periods. Fig. 9.-Spirals on the ridge of the Hall and on the Gate in the Eumorfopoulos Collection. Fig. 10.-Porcelain pedestal. About A. D. 1500 (from HOBSON: Catalogue of the Eumorfopoulos Collection, IV., D. 171). Fig. 11.-Ch'i-lin on a mirror. Six Dynasties (from YETTS: Catalogue of the Eumorfopoulos Collection, II., B. 24, Pl. xv). Fig. 12.-Ch'i-lin on a brocade. Fifteenth century (State Museums, Berlin). Fig. 13.-Ch'i-lin on a brush-pot. Early seventeenth century (from HOBSON: Catalogue of the Eumorfopoulos Collection, IV, D. 195, Pl. 43). Fig. 14.-Ch'i-lin on a mirror. A. D. 167 (from YETTS: Catalogue of the Eumorfopoulos Collection, II., London. B. 16, Pl. X). Fig. 15.-Porcelain pedestal. About A. D. 1500 (from HOBSON: The Wares of the Ming Dynasty). Fig. 16.-Ch'i-lin, after a painting on a vase. Chia-ching period. A. D. 1522-66 (from HOBSON: Catalogue of the Eumorfopoulos Collection, IV., No. 18, D. 97).
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Plate I. A-Baked Clay Model of a Homestead. From a Set of Tomb-Furniture (The Small Gate in the Centre Should Stand at the Entrance of the Courtyard, as in B; The Great Gate and the Spirit-Wall outside the Enclosure). (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, British Museum). Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate I. B-Baked Clay Model of a Homestead. From a Set of Tomb-Furniture Found in Central Honan (Ontario Museum, Toronto). Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate II. A-The Principal Gate of the Model in the Eumorfopoulos Collection. Height, 41.9 cm. Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate II. B-The Hall in the Eumorfopoulos Collection. Length, 53.9 cm. Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate III. A-The Spirit-Wall in the Eumorfopoulos Collection. Height, 22 cm. Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate III. B-The Spirit-Wall in the Ontario Museum. Height, 20.3 cm. Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate III. C-Detail of D. Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
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Plate III. D-The Hall in the Ontario Museum. Height, 40.6 cm. Two Models of Chinese Homesteads
Book Review
The Twin Pagodas of Zayton
07/1936 | 400 | 69
Pages: 44-45
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Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
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The Twin Pagodas of Zayton | author: Demiéville, Paul , author: Ecke, G.
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On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
12/1935 | 393 | 67
Pages: 250-253+256-259+262-264
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Bachhofer, Ludwig (Bachhofer, Ludwig)
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Fig. 1. Vase. Black and Red on a White Slip. "Negative Ornament." Cucuteni 11, Group D, 1. Sixteenth to Fifteenth Century B. C. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
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Fig. 2. Potsherd from Yang Shao, Honan. Black and Red on a White Slip. "Negative Ornament." Sixteenth-Fifteenth Century B. C. (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm)
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Fig. 3. Vase. Black on Reddish Brown Ware. Kansa, ma Chang. Fifteenth Century B. C. Height, 19.2 C. M (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
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Plate I. A-Vase. Red and Black on Reddish Ware. Kansu, Pan Shan. About 1500 B. C. Diameter, 29 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate I. B-P'ou. Bronze. Fifteenth-Thirteenth Century B. C. Height, 19.3 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. A-Yu. Bronze. Early Archaic Phase (The Sumitomo Collection, Osaka, Japan). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. B-Yu. Bronze. Late Archaic Phase. Total Height, 26 cm. (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. C-Yu. Bronze. Classic phase. Total Height, 34.2 cm. (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. D-Yu. Bronze. Baroque Phase. Total Height, 20.3 cm. (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, British Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate III. A-Belt-Clasp. Bronze. Fifth to Fourth Century B. C. Height, 5.5 cm. (The Stoclet Collection, Brussels). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate III. B-Hill-censer. Bronze Inlaid with Gold. First Han (206 B. C. to A. D. 9). Height, 18.5 cm. (Schlossmuseum, Berlin). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate III. C-Vase. Grey Ware with Black Lustre. Fifth to Fourth Century B. C. Height, 26 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich); D-Vase from Hsin-Chêng. Sixth Century B. C. (K'Ai-fêng Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate IV. A-Stele. Dated A. D. 662 Stone; Height, 45 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich) B-Buddha with Monks and Bodhisattvas. Wall-Painting, Cave 118 a, Tun-Huang. About A. D. 650. On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate V. A-Landscape. First Half of the Thirteenth Century A. D. Silk; Height, 16.5 cm.; B-Landscape, by Shên Chou (1427-1509); Dated A. D. 1476. Paper; Height, 161 cm. (The Preetorius Collection, Munich); C-Head of a Bodhisattva from Lung-Mên. About A. D. 700. Limestone; Height, 35 cm.; D-Head of a Buddha. Thirteenth Century A. D. Stone with a Cover of Stucco; Height, 24 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
01/1935 | 382 | 66
Pages: 14+16-19+21
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Loukomski, George Kreskentevich (Loukomski, George Kreskentevich; Loukomski, Georges; Lukomski, G., K.)
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Plate I. A-Synagogue at Przedborz. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate I. B-Synagogue at Pilica, Near Olkonsk. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate I. C-Synagogue at Lanckorona. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate I. D-Synagogue at Zabludów. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate II. A-Synagogue at Nowe-miasto. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate II. B-Synagogue at Zabludów. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate II. C-Synagogue at Jedwabne. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Plate II. D-Synagogue at Wolpa, Near Bialystock. The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
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Chinese Frescoes for the Nation
06/1927 | 291 | 50
Pages: 322-323+325
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Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
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Three Bodhisattvas. Fresco; from the Ch'ing Liang Temple, near Hsing-t'ang, Chihli. Perhaps twelfth century. 3.9 by 3.8 m. (Presented with other frescoes to the British Museum by Mr. George Eumorfopoulos, and reproduced from the Catalogue of his Chinese frescoes). Chinese Frescoes for the Nation
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Writings on Chinese Architecture
03/1927 | 288 | 50
Pages: 116+119-121+123-124+126-129+131
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Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
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Plate I. Designs for Interior Decoration First Published A. D. 1103 as Outline Drawings in the Sung Dynasty Method of Architecture (Ying tsao fa shih) and Represented Coloured in the 1925 Edition. A-Decoration of a Ceiling Coffer. B-Decorations of Beams. Writings on Chinese Architecture
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Plate II. A-Octagonal Pagoda at Sung Shan (Honan). Brick. Built A. D. 523, and restored. From photograph by Prof. T. Sekino in Prof. Sirén's Chinese Sculpture, pl. 187. B-Octagonal Reliquary at Shê Shan (Kiangsu) in pagoda form. White stone. Height about 40 ft. Attributed to about A. D. 600. From photograph by Mr. Perceval Yetts. Writings on Chinese Architecture
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Plate II. C-Wild-Goose Pagoda at Hsi-an (Shensi). Four-sided and seven-storeyed. Brick. Built A. D. 652, but since restored and altered. From Chinesische Architektur, pl. 308. D-Yellow Crane Tower formerly at Wu-ch'ang (Hupeh). Roofs of green-glazed tiles; body of painted woodwork. Built about 1870; burnt down 1884. From Chinesische Architektur, pl. 60. Writings on Chinese Architecture
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Plate III. Memorial arches (p'ai-lou) from Chinesische Architektur. A-Near T'ai-an (Shantung). B-In a street of Kaomi (Shantung). The inscription may be translated: "Her fame is recorded in the annals of wifely devotion." C-At Ning-yang (Shantung). D-At entrance to tombs of the early emperors of the Manchu dynasty, 80 miles east of Peking. White marble. Built 1650. Writings on Chinese Architecture