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African American Art Today: Four Major Artists / an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Skunder Boghossian, Valente Malangatana, Twins Seven Seven, and Amir I.M. Nour. New York:, African-American Institute, 1974.
Category Archives: Rare monograph
Chronicling Disaster in Mid-19th century Japan
* “It is said that if one natural disaster strikes, a second will occur…“ * So begins the preface to Natural Disasters of the Ansei Period [Ansei fūbunshū], a harrowing chronicle of disasters that took place in Japan during the … Continue reading
Posted in East Asian, Edo period, Japanese, Japanese, Natural Disasters, Rare monograph, Typhoons, Woodblock-printed books
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Catherine Perrot: An Early Treatise on Miniature Painting
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, created in 1648 during the Regency of Anne of Austria, shaped the teaching and regulation of the arts of painting and sculpture in France. During the 145 years of its existence, only … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, Catherine Perrot, French painting, women artists
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Before Ruscha?: All the Buildings on Amsterdam’s Canal Streets…ca. 1768
A recent purchase for Marquand Library, Verzaameling van alle de huizen en prachtige gebouwen gelangs de keizers en heere-grachten der stadt Amsterdam beginnende van den Binnen Amstel en eindigende aan de Brouwers-Gracht (Collection of all the beautiful buildings along the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, City Planning, European, Rare monograph
Tagged Amsterdam, Berardus Mourik, Caspar Philips, Dutch Architecture 18th century, Ed Ruscha, Grachtenboek
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Art Between the Wars: “Seikigun” and Experiments in ‘Synthetic Art’
Marquand Library is fortunate to be the only institution to own a complete 7-issue run of the Japanese serial Seikigun [世紀群], published and hand-distributed in 1949 and 1950 by the artist/writer organization, The Century Association [Seiki no Kai]. The eclectically produced pamphlets were … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Japanese, Japanese, Rare journal, Rare monograph
Tagged 21st Century, Asian Art, Franz Kafka, Japanese, Kobo Abe, sogo geijutsu, Synthetic Art, Teshigahara Hiroshi
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A Medieval Woman Artist and Musician at Work: The Gradual of Gisela von Kerssenbrock
Medieval illuminated manuscripts were produced collaboratively by groups of artists and craftspeople – including scribes, illuminators, pigment and parchment preparers, and book binders – whose identities were usually unrecorded. Though some of these manuscripts have been attributed, usually by stylistic … Continue reading
Posted in European, Medieval Art, Rare monograph
Tagged Illuminated manuscripts, Medieval art
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Early 20th-Century Japanese Photography: Hakuyō Magazine
Published between 1922 and 1926, Hakuyō is, historically speaking, one of Japan’s most important photography magazines. It was in this journal that the early 20th century artistic evolution from traditional Pictorialism to Modernist Expressionism was documented–inadvertently–with photographs and essays about … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century, Asian Art, constructivism, Fuchikami Hakuyo, Japanese, MAVO, Photography, Photography 20th Century, Photography Japanese
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It’s Not Too Late to Take a [Virtual] Vacation: Lovisa’s Il Gran Teatro di Venezia…[ca. 1720]
Although summer has (almost) officially ended, and many of us have returned to work, it’s always possible to take a virtual trip with one of Marquand’s rare topographical books, such as Il Gran Teatro di Venezia overro raccolta delle principali … Continue reading
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Public and Private Sides of the Kabuki Actor
Woodblock-printed books and single-sheet prints related to the kabuki theatre were in high demand during the Edo period (1615-1868). It is estimated that more than a third of all woodblock prints published during this era were “kabuki prints” (kabuki-e). Like … Continue reading
Posted in East Asian, Japanese, Japanese, Rare monograph
Tagged 19th century, actors, Asian Art, Edo period, Japanese, Kabuki, Katsukawa Shunsho, portrait, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Toyokuni, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed books, Yakusha
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JAPANESE ‘POP-UP’ TEA HOUSES: Chaseki okoshiezu
As early as the seventeenth century–long before there was 3-D computer-modeling for home renovations on HGTV–Japanese carpenters (architects) created detailed three-dimensional paper models of famous tea houses, designed by the great tea masters of the past. Sakata Sakujirō,Chaseki okoshiezu [Folding-drawing … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, 20th century, Architecture, Asian Art, Edo period, Japanese, Meiji period, Models, Pop-up models, Taisho period, Tea, Tea ceremony, Woodblock prints
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Samuel Fosso: In the Beginning
The work of Samuel Fosso, an acknowledged star of the contemporary art world, whose career spans five decades, was recently showcased in Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts, organized by the Princeton University Art Museum in collaboration with the Walther Collection and … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Art, Photography, Rare monograph
Tagged Samuel Fosso
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