Art of Costa Rica
Art of Andes
Fingerprints of the Artist
Piranesi
‘Chinese Archaeology Enters the Twenty-first Century’
Treasures from a Swallow Garden
Studies of Connoisseurship
Art From Ritual
Shang Ritual Bronzes
Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes
Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes
Art of Costa Rica
Pre-Columbian Painted and Sculpted Ceramics
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“…an art of superb sublimation focusing creative forces, condensing and directing aesthetic energies into the development of a distinctive as well as distinguished corpus of potted, painted and sculpted ceramics…”
Essays by
Doris Stone
Dr. Jane Day
Robert Stoetzer
Introduction by
Paul Clifford
Edited by
Lois Katz
Curator, Arthur M. Sackler Collections
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 308 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
Price: $125.00
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Art of The Andes
Pre-Columbian Painted and Sculpted Ceramics
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“…in one of the worst examples of imperial exploitative savagery, an ‘advanced’ European nation brought down the indigenous ancient civilizations of Peru and Mexico…-the thoughtless greed with which they melted down objects of the greatest beauty, a heritage of all mankind, into gold bullion-and the brutality with which, in the name of faith, they destroyed the culture of other peoples seven to eight thousand miles from their own country.”
Introduction by
Paul Clifford
Essays by
Elizabeth P. Benson
Maureen E. Maitland
Michael E. Moseley
Donald A. Proulx
Alan R. Sawyer
Edited by
Lois Katz
Curator, Arthur M. Sackler Collections
Published by The AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities
& The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 344 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
Price: $125.00
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Fingerprints of the Artist
European Terra-Cotta Sculpture
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“…Dating from the fifteenth through the twentieth century, the Sackler sculptures provide an unusually comprehensive historical overview of terra-cotta in post-medieval European Art…
…no one has ever attempted to make a comprehensive collection of terra-cottas, and to the best of my knowledge, there has never been an exhibition of terra-cottas that can begin to match the scope and quality of this collection…”
Seymour Slive
Director of the Fogg Art Museum
Introduction by
Paul Clifford
Assisted by
Alastair Laing
Edited by
Lois Katz
Curator, Arthur M. Sackler Collections
Published by The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation & The Fogg Art Museum
Distributed by Harvard University Press
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 298 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
Price: $125.00
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Piranesi
Drawings and Etchings
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“Piranesi’s genius will long be celebrated. His was an epochal achievement, a unique vision of what was to come…
…Appreciation of Piranesi’s genius grows both with time and with exposure to its manifestations. This collections of his works has afforded us a unique opportunity to have and to hold the beautiful fruits of a creative imagination…
…These were his plans… for the expansion of Rome’s ancient Basilica of S. Giovanni Laterano…”
The Avery Architectural Library and the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation dedicate this catalogue to the memory of
Rudolf Wittkower (1901-1971)
Edited by
Lois Katz & Jessica Berman
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 312 pages
- Size: 7.25 x 10.25
Price: N/A
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‘Chinese Archaeology
Enters the Twenty-first Century’
Conference held at the Opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum
of Art & Archaeology at Peking University
“This book contains a collection of works from over 50 conference participants from all over the world. It is written in both English and Chinese.
The event was arranged by Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities and the Department of Archaeology at Peking University in celebration of the opening of The Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University.”
Published by The AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities
Edited by
The Department of Archaeology,
Peking University
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 648 pages
- Size: 7.25 x 10.25
Price: $125.00
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Treasures from a Swallow Garden
Inaugural Exhibit of the
Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art & Archaeology
at Peking University
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“The inaugural exhibit contained two types of displays: “a permanent study collection to assist teaching Chinese Archaeology at Peking University, and special exhibits illustrating the important excavations conducted by the Archaeology Department which functioned as field training schools for their students..”
Published by The AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities
Edited by
The Department of Archaeology,
Peking University
Characteristics:
- soft & hardcover
- color
- 324 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
Price: $125.00
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Studies of Connoisseurship
Chinese Paintings
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“This volume breaks new ground in the application of Western art-historical methods to the study of Chinese art, and its scholarly importance is matched by its lavish presentation.
The emphasis of the Sackler collection in New York and Princeton is not only in the intrinsic quality of its acquisitions but also on their value for research. Both considerations governed the selection of the paintings that are the subject of this study: 41 works by 24 artists who lived between the mid-fourteenth and twentieth centuries…”
Essays by
Marilyn
and Shen Fu
Distributed by Princeton University Press
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 376 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
- Published in 1973
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Art From Ritual
Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“…The forming of this collection has been an intellectual and aesthetic adventure by a research psychiatrist who fully understands the procedures of scholarship, its frustrations and its great rewards…
…Our intention is to introduce the collection…to the general public and also to emphasize the aesthetic, expressive qualities of the Chinese ritual bronze vessel…”
Introduction by
Dawn Ho Delbanco
Edited by
Lois Katz
Published by The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- color
- 160 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
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Shang Ritual Bronzes
Ancient Chinese Bronzes
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
“…Dr. Bagley, in this scholarly work, has enriched us with his unfailing critical sense and insightful observations about both the aesthetic and technical processes of this art form. As some of the lengthy inscriptions in the late Western Zhou dynasty bronzes say, “May sons and grandsons for ever cherish and use this vessel,” so would we hope that the commitment and creativity manifested in this volume be cherished forever along with the magnificent bronzes they glorify” Arthur M. Sackler, M.D.
“This is a wonderful book. It belongs not only in every art-historical library but in many general libraries as well. It uses art to stimulate thought about the value of cultural diversity and about the too little studied role of technology in human history. No one should miss it who finds pleasure in looking at objects, or who is interested in the nature of perception, or who wishes to understand a work of art from the point of view of the artists who gave it form.” Cyril Stanley Smith
Introduction by
Robert W. Bagley
Project Coordinators
Lois Katz
John M. Rosenfield
Published by The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University.
Distributed by Harvard University Press
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- glossy paper
- color
- 600 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
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Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes
Ancient Chinese Bronzes
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (vol. II)
This volume, published in 1990, is the second of a three part series.
It is a comprehensive study of the Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes, it should serve as a referenced for anyone interested in the study of Chinese Bronzes. It engages us in the actual processes involved in the making of this fantastic art, and doing so, allows us to enrich our appreciation of these works of art. It is a study of a collection that has no parallel, not only in the number of works for research but in the quality of the Zhou bronzes.
By
Jessica Rawson
Project Coordinators
John M. Rosenfield
Edited by
Naomi Noble Richard
Published by The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University.
Distributed by Harvard University Press
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- glossy paper
- color
- 776 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
- two volumes IIA & IIB w/case
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Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes
Ancient Chinese Bronzes
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (vol. III)
“…The bronzes from the Eastern Zhou period, 8th to 3rd century BC, are the subject of this third and concluding volume of the comprehensive catalogue of the collection. In a thorough and up-to-date introduction, Dr. Jenny So, Assistant Curator of Ancient Chinese Art at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, gives a detailed account of the history of Eastern Zhou bronzes. Particularly valuable is Dr. So’s systematic use of the latest archaeological discoveries to trace regional and chronological developments and to study the political context in which bronzes were made and used…”
By
Jenny So
General Editor
Trudy S. Kawami
Edited by
Naomi Noble Richard
Published by The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in association with the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Distributed by
Harry Abrams, Inc
Characteristics:
- hardcover
- glossy paper
- color
- 524 pages
- size: 11×14 inches
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