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From concept to context : approaches to Asian and Islamic calligraphy

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

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Additional authors
  1. Fu, Shen, 1937-
  2. Lowry, Glenn D.
  3. Yonemura, Ann.
Description
  1. 165 pages : illustrations (some color); 33 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Calligraphy, Chinese > Exhibitions
  2. Calligraphy, Japanese > Exhibitions
  3. Islamic calligraphy > Exhibitions
  4. Calligraphy, Chinese
  5. Calligraphy, Japanese
  6. Islamic calligraphy
Genre/Form
  1. Exhibition catalogs.
Contents
  1. 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.
Note
  1. Catalog of an exhibition to be held July 29-Nov. 16, 1986 at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  2. 'Stock number: 047-000-00403-9'--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-151).