Asian Art in the Art Institute of Chicago

In offering some eighty works of art to serve as a centrepiece of this outstanding collection, this volume focuses on brilliant points within a vast and varied cultural landscape. The authors follow routes of inquiry suggested by areas of particular depth or by single works of eminent quality.

A clay armoured-guardian figure reveals the luxury of the tombs of Tang-dynasty aristocrats; a host of devotional images convey a range of religious expression, from the divine compassion and worldly elegance of Chinese Buddhist sculptures to the stern intensity in the painted visages of Japanese Zen patriarchs; and woodblock prints by revered Japanese masters provide glimpses into the tea houses and theatres of the Yoshiwara – the pleasure district of old Edo – celebrating its most popular actors and esteemed beauties.

152 pages, colour, English, 24.13 x 1.91 x 29.85 cm

Hardcover

Published in 1993

ISBN: ‎0810919168

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