What distinguished ‘art’ from ‘Art’ ? Types of display, collecting, certain kinds of knowledge becoming matters of profession, etc. A specialised and fascinating study that puts the subject somewhat in the context of concurrent European and American antiquarian habits.
Antiquarians of Nineteenth-Century Japan – The Archaeology of Things in the Late Tokugawa and Early Meiji Periods
£45.00
Edition:Hardback978160606742014/12/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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Despite his prominence as a crucial figure in China's struggle against deforestation, Purdom (1880-1921) has been largely overlooked by history. He lived a short, quietly heroic life, campai... read more
Will Purdom: Agitator, Plant-hunter, Forester
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A resonant family memoir spanning several generations of women from C19th South China to modern Singapore.
The Interpreter’s Daughter
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The catalogue to accompany an exhibition at Museo delle Culture di Lugano in the Villa Malpensata, home to the Montgomery Collection. Textiles, paintings, objects of quotidian use, etc.
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