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1 online resource (xiv, 450 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-441) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Director's Foreword / Philippe De Montebello -- Collection: A Personal History / Mary Griggs Burke -- Catalogue / Miyeko Murase -- Map of Japan -- I. Protoliterate Era (ca. 10,500 B.C. -- A.D. 538) -- II. Asuka through Late Heian Period (538-1185) -- III. Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185-1392) -- IV. Muromachi Period (1392-1573) -- V. Momoyama Period (1573-1615) -- VI. Edo Period (1615-1868). |
| 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. |
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The Burke Collection of Japanese art is recognized worldwide as the most significant collection of Japanese art in private hands. This catalogue presents 168 masterpieces from the collection that date from the Protoliterate era (ca. 10,000 B.C.) through the Edo period (1615-1868), including handscrolls and hanging scrolls, woodblock prints, large screens, lacquerware, and ceramics. The text is written by the renowned scholar Miyeko Murase, the principal adviser to Mary Griggs Burke in the development of the collection. Murase presents Japanese art as an eloquent expression of Japanese culture; more than a record of an important exhibition, this stunning volume takes its place as a key resource for understanding and appreciating the art and culture of Japan. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website. |
| Local Note |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library Digital Collections Fulltext Titles (Customizable) |
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Burke, Mary Griggs -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.
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Burke, Mary Griggs. |
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Art museums. |
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Art, Japanese -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Japanese -- Exhibitions. |
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Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
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Decorated edges (Binding)
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Bevelled edge boards (Binding)
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Burke, Mary Griggs.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murase, Miyeko. Bridge of dreams. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, ©2000 (DLC) 99054465 (OCoLC)42765071 |
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0870999419 |
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9780870999413 |
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0870999427 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780870999420 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0810965518 (Abrams) |
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9780810965515 (Abrams) |
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