How to Read Greek Vases
ISBN: PB: 9780300155235,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
November 2010
112 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 75 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.
112 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 75 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.
How is it possible today to gain insight into the culture that flourished in ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago? Works of art are eloquent intermediaries. This generously illustrated volume provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served...
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How to Read Chinese Paintings
ISBN: PB: 9780300141870,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
June 2008
184 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
184 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
The Chinese often use the expression du hua, "to read a painting", in connection with their study and appreciation of such works. This volume closely 'reads' thirty-six masterpieces of Chinese painting from the encyclopaedic collection of The Metropo...
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