Research Catalog

Title

Bridge of dreams : the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art / Miyeko Murase.

Author

Murase, Miyeko.

Publication

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Burke, Mary Griggs
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Description

xiv, 450 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map; 32 cm.

Summary

"The Mary Griggs Burke Collection, represented in this volume and in the exhibition it accompanies, is a testimony to the intensity and selectivity of Mrs. Burke's collecting, guided by a discerning eye, a deep affection for Japan, and an appreciation of the country's cultural heritage." "Long recognized as one of the finest collections of Japanese art in private hands, the Mary Griggs Burke Collection is the largest and most comprehensive outside Japan." "While it provides a historical overview of the development of Japanese art, the collection illustrates as well Japan's capacity to foster divergent artistic traditions both from other cultures and from those that reflect indigenous tastes. It also demonstrates the profound impact of Buddhism on Japanese culture, the tastes and values of the courtly and military elite, and the interests of patrons who range from Sinophile rulers and scholars to pleasure-seeking urbanites."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art

Subject

• Burke, Mary Griggs > Art collections > Exhibitions
• Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
• Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
• Art, Japanese > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
• Decorated edges (Binding)
• Bevelled edge boards (Binding)
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• "This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition 'The art of Japan from the Mary Griggs Burke collection,' held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 28-June 25, 2000"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-441) and index.

Contents

The Collection: A Personal History / Mary Griggs Burke VIII -- Catalogue / Miyeko Murase.

ISBN

• 0870999419
• 0870999427 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0810965518 (Abrams)

LCCN

^^^99054465^

OCLC

42765071

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library