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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt in China from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong's 1949 ascent. The principal gatherers are mostly little known and defy invention. They included foreign devils who braved desert sandstorms, bandits, and local warlords in acquiring significant works. Adventurous curators like Langdon Warner, a forebear of Indiana Jones, argued that the caves of Dunhuang were already threatened by vandals, thereby justifying the removal of frescoes and sculptures. Other Americans include George Kates, an alumnus of Harvard, Oxford, and Hollywood, who fell in love with Ming furniture. The Chinese were divided between dealers who profited from the artworks' removal and scholars who sought to protect their country's patrimony. Duanfang, the greatest Chinese collector of his era, was beheaded in a coup, and his splendid bronzes now adorn major museums. Others in this rich tapestry include Charles Lang Freer, an enlightened Detroit entrepreneur; two generations of Rockefellers; Avery Brundage, the imperious Olympian; and Arthur Sackler, the grand acquisitor. No less important are two museum directors, Cleveland's Sherman Lee and Kansas City's Laurence Sickman, who challenged the East Coast's hegemony. Shareen Blair Brysac and Karl E. Meyer evenhandedly consider whether ancient treasures were looted or salvaged and whether it was morally acceptable to spirit hitherto inaccessible objects westward, where they could be studied and preserved by trained museum personnel. And how should the US and Canada and their museums respond now that China has the means and will to reclaim its missing patrimony.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. In the 1950s and 1960s, Doris Duke was one of the few Western collectors pursuing Thai artworks, and in 1961 she established the Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture to increase Western recognition and appreciation of these works. By 1964 Miss Duke had acquired roughly 2,000 diverse pieces of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art primarily from Thailand, Burma, and Laos, ranging from textiles, household furnishings, and jewelry to teak houses and massive statues. She began to display her collection in 1972 at Duke Farms, her large New Jersey estate, and she continued to travel and collect widely in Southeast Asia throughout that decade. Most of the work found in SEAAC is from Thailand, and Doris Duke strongly believed in the preservation of Thai art as a reflection of the people and culture from which it emerged. She worked for much of her life toward finding an effective way to share her knowledge and enthusiasm. Doris Duke: The Southeast Asian Art Collection honors her wish to bring greater public and scholarly attention to the excellent works that she gathered. In addition, this beautiful book acknowledges the collection as an impressive whole before its dispersion to several major museums.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Learn how to paint charming aimals and flowers using this easy-to-follow guide to traditional sumi-e (Asian brush painting).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A guide to the treasures of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery, the national museums of Asian art at the Smithsonian Insitution in Washington DC. It presents the curators selections of the most important and beautiful objects in the collections.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Completely Mixed Up is an anthology fifteen years in the making. The project started in 2000, with a trilogy of 700 handmade chapbooks. Over the years, the project has been presented all throughout North America, most notably in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, and New York. Seventy contributors offer over 150 works of visual art, writing, photography, and performance in this groundbreaking anthology, displaying creative expressions of what it means to be mixed race/mixed heritage Asian American and Canadian. CONTRIBUTORS: Ethelyn Abellanosa, artist and writer; Neil Aitken, award-winning poet; Kevin Minh Allen, poet; James Lawrence Arde a, artist and poet; Sandy Sue Benitez, poet; Tamiko Beyer, poet; Sumiko Braun, poet, filmmaker, performer; Leilani Chan, award-winning performer and playwright; Tricia Collins, actor and screenwriter; Wei Ming Dariotis, professor and poet; Melinda Luisa de Jes s, professor; Alison M. De La Cruz, performer and writer; Cheryl Deptowicz-Diaz, poet and lawyer; Lance Dougherty, poet; Andrea Duke, poet; Dr. Angela El Dia Martinez Dy, poet, writer, educator; Hillary LP Eason, writer; Sesshu Foster, award-winning writer; Margaret Gallagher, CBC radio personality and writer; Shamala Gallagher, writer; John Endo Greenaway, photographer and taiko performer; Hazel H. Hill, poet; Jason Kanjiro Howard, filmmaker; Catherine Irwin, poet; Michelle Tang Jackson, writer and performer; Sherlyn Jimenez, writer and poet; Dr. Peter Nien-chu Kiang, award-winning professor and poet; Daniel Takeshi Krause, writer; Noemi LaMotte Serrano, writer; Claire Light, writer; Marjorie Light, spoken word artist and DJ; Cassandra Love, award-winning poet; Pia Massie, award-winning multimedia artist; Kelty Miyoshi McKinnon, landscape architect and artist; Trina Mendiola Estanislao, poet and teacher; Rashaan Alexis Meneses, award-winning writer; Dorian Sanae Merina, award-winning poet, journalist, and educator; Shyamala Moorty, award-winning dancer and performer; Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, professor, psychologist, and writer; Mark Nakada, writer and teacher; Lynda Nakashima, visual artist; Victoria Namkung, journalist, novelist, consultant; Debora O, writer and educator; Genevieve Erin O'Brien, award-winning performer and educator; Haruko Okano, interdisciplinary artist; Matthew Olzmann, award-winning poet; Giovanni Ortega, award-winning poet, performer, and playwright; Taro O'Sullivan, writer and journalist; Tony Osumi, poet, artist, and teacher; Stevii Paden, poet; Sandra Mizumoto Posey, professor, poet, and performer; Amal Rana, poet and educator; Mia Riverton, award-winning actress, writer, and producer; Tony Robles, poet; Freedom Allah Siyam, poet, educator, and organizer; Genaro Ky Ly Smith, award-winning writer; Michael Tora Speier, multimedia artist; Sebastian Speier, artist and graphic designer; Jeff Chiba Stearns, award-winning filmmaker, animator, and illustrator; Jason Sublette, writer and professor; Claire Tran, poet, lyricist, and dramatic writer; Julie Thi Underhill, photographer, filmmaker, writer, and performer; Alberto Vajrabukka, poet and performer; Lisa Valencia-Svensson, award-winning filmmaker and poet; Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde, professor and writer; Jane Voodikon, writer; Fred Wah, award-winning writer and poet; Chloe Worrall-Yu, writer and artist; Mylo Worrall-Yu, writer and artist; Anthony Yuen, writer.…

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