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from: Heyday
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 016.02695
EAN: 9781597140607
ISBN: 1597140600
Label: Heyday
Manufacturer: Heyday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: October 01, 2007
Publisher: Heyday
Sales Rank: 1276049
Studio: Heyday
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An opulent look at East Asia s printed and handwritten treasures Color woodblock prints, early maps of Asia and beyond, and gorgeously detailed scrolls are just some of the highlights in the collection of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at the University of California, Berkeley. From oracle bones to twentieth-century manuscripts, Impressions of the East presents selections from the Library s rare book collection in their technological and cultural contexts. Embedded in the descriptions of the works featured is a lucidly sketched history of the lands where the works originated and the ways in which they influenced each other. Opulently produced and brilliantly designed, the book brings excitement and scholarly insight to the print and manuscript traditions of East Asia.
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Rating: - Asian treasures at U of CA Berkeley Library
Woodblocks-manuscripts-calligraphy-paintings on silk-rubbings from bronzes and tomb carvings-books-silk screens-maps: the U. of California East Asian Library has them all. The eclectic, museum-like library holdings are studied by scholars. Such historical and cultural characteristics of the varied items are recorded in annotations for the photographs of them written by the collection's curator--Deborah Rudolph; who has advanced degrees in both classical Chinese studies and library science. Collecting ... Read More
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