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From concept to context : approaches to Asian and Islamic calligraphy

Title
From concept to context : approaches to Asian and Islamic calligraphy / by Shen Fu, Glenn D. Lowry, and Ann Yonemura.
Author
Freer Gallery of Art.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1986.

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  • Fu, Shen, 1937-
  • Lowry, Glenn D.
  • Yonemura, Ann.
Description
165 pages : illustrations (some color); 33 cm
Summary
A catalog to the exhibition currently on view at the Freer (through 11/16/86), this beautifully designed book presents 55 works that express the exemplary aesthetic achievement of calligraphic art in the Near and Far East. Reading through these pages, from the early 11th-century B.C. Chinese bronze ceremonial inscription to the 19th-century Japanese scroll "Branch of Plum in a Vase'' to the 14th-century Syrian glass bottle decorated with Arabic thuluth characters, one is increasingly in awe of the grace, beauty, and tradition of the art. Essays and individual entries provide historic background, stylistic analysis, and translation. The layout shows a fine balance between text and plates/details.
Subject
  • Calligraphy, Chinese > Exhibitions
  • Calligraphy, Japanese > Exhibitions
  • Islamic calligraphy > Exhibitions
  • Calligraphy, Chinese
  • Calligraphy, Japanese
  • Islamic calligraphy
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition to be held July 29-Nov. 16, 1986 at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • 'Stock number: 047-000-00403-9'--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-151).
Contents
Introduction to Asian calligraphy. Chinese calligraphy ; Japanese calligraphy -- Introduction to Islamic calligraphy -- Selected bibliography with abbreviations -- Lists of names and terms. Chinese ; Japanese ; Arabic, Persian, and Turkish -- List of accession and catalogue numbers.
ISBN
  • 0874744474
  • 9780874744477
LCCN
86045434
OCLC
  • ocn954224324
  • 954224324
  • SCSB-2465210
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries