THE ORIENTAL ART COLLECTION

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A truly wonderful collection of over 90 rare, out-of-print books and catalogues compiled together for the first time on one unique DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of Chinese and Japanese art.

Discover the history of art in the Far East, from Japanese painters to Chinese paintings. Study the famous Japanese wood engravings and colour prints as well as the techniques behind these stunning master pieces. Read about East Asiatic design, the ornamental arts of Japan, the Imperial paintings of China and much more. Overall, this superb collection is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in art and artists from the Far East.  

Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard to find and will provide a valuable library of reference material on Chinese and Japanese art. The full list of titles speaks for itself!

This wonderful collection of 95 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A catalogue of old Chinese paintings and drawings, together with a complete collection of books on Chinese art (1913)

A history of Japanese colour -prints (1910)

A selection from modern Chinese arts for the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition (1915)

An artist's letters from Japan (1897)

An Exceptionally Important Collection of Rare and Valuable Japanese Color Prints (1921)

An illustrated catalogue of Japanese old fine arts displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910 (1910)

An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art (1918)

Artistic Japan - illustrations and essays Vols. 4, 5 & 6 (1800)

Arts and crafts of old Japan (1909)

Catalogue of antique Chinese and Japanese objects of art ... belonging to T. Idsumi (1906)

Catalogue of Fukuba's collection of one hundred Ukiyoé paintings (1911)

Catalogue of the collection of antique Japanese art objects and curios formed by the late Dr. S.M. Burnett, of Washington, D.C. (1907)

Catalogue of valuable Chinese and Japanese antiquities (1907)

Chats on Japanese prints (1915)

Chinese art motives interpreted (1915)

Chinese art Vol. 1 (1905)

Chinese art Vol. 2 (1905)

Chinese painters; a critical study (1920)

Die alt-buddhistische Malerei Japans (1921)

Die Kunst Ostasiens, der Umkreis ihres Denkens und Gestaltens (1922)

Documents japonais  260 planches (188-)

Dogs of China & Japan, in nature and art (1921)

'Ema', the votive pictures of Japan (1914)

Epochs of Chinese & Japanese art, an outline history of East Asiatic design Vol. 1 (1912)

Epochs of Chinese & Japanese art, an outline history of East Asiatic design Vol. 2 (1912)

Guide to an exhibition of Japanese colour-prints period I.c.1680 - c.1780 A.D. (1921)

Guide to the exhibition of Chinese and Japanese paintings in the Print and Drawing gallery (1888)

Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of ancient oriental imperial treasures of rare artistic distinction (1916)

Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of early Chinese pottery porcelains and bronzes of the Han, T'Ang, Sung, Yuan and Ming dynasties (1912)

Illustrated Catalogue of an Exceptionally Important Collection of Rare and Valuable Japanese Color Prints together with a Few Paintings of the Ukioye School (1920)

Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains....and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods (1917)

Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porecelains (1914)

Imperial Chinese art; a catalogue of writings and paintings by the Chinese emperors, empresses and princes dating from the T'ang dynasty to the end of the Ch'ing dynasty, A. D. 618-1912 (1919)

Impressions of Japan (1904)

Impressions of Japanese architecture and the allied arts (1905)

Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the school of the Japanese colourprints artists (1905)

In Japan; pilgrimages to the shrines of art (1908)

Japan - a record in colour (1901)

Japan - its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)

Japan and its art (1912)

Japan in art and industry (1893)

Japan, its history, arts, and literature Vols. 1 - 8 (1901-02)

Japanese art (1891)

Japanese art (1893)

Japanese art (1904)

Japanese collections (Frank W. Gunsaulus Hall) (1922)

Japanese colour prints (1920)

Japanese illustrations; a history of the arts of wood-cutting and colour printing in Japan (1904)

Japanese wood engravings - their history, technique and characteristics (1895)

Jinbutsu gafu - meika (1800)

Keramic art of Japan (1881)

Keramic art of Japan Vol. 1 (1875)

Keramic art of Japan Vol. 2 (1875)

Legend in Japanese art; a description of historical episodes, legendary characters, folk-lore myths, religious symbolism (1908)

Les maîtres de l'estampe japonaise (1914)

Les nations rivales dans l'art; l'art japonais (1868)

Loan exhibition of Chinese paintings (1956)

More queer things about Japan (1904)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Japanese swords guards (1908)

Mythological Japan - the symbolisms of mythology in relation to Japanese art, with illustrations drawn in Japan, by native artists (1902)

On collecting Japanese colour-prints; being an introduction to the study and collection of the colour-prints of Ukiyoye school of Japan. (1917)

On the laws of Japanese painting - an introduction to the study of the art of Japan (1911)

Outlines of Chinese art (1919)

Painting in the far East - an introduction to the history of pictorial art in Asia especially China and Japan (1908)

Pennsylvania University Museum - section of oriental art (1917)

Pictures from the land of Sina (1915)

Specimens of Japanese art - from the collection of Michael Tomkinson (1899)

Stilanalysen als Einführung in die japanische Malerei (1908)

Symbolism in Chinese art (1912)

Temple treasures of Japan (1914)

The ABC of Japanese art (1911)

The arts of Japan (1909)

The colour-prints of Japan - an appreciation and history (1906)

The flight of the dragon - an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources (1911)

The heritage of Hiroshige; a glimpse of Japanese landscape art (1912)

The ideals of the East, with special reference to the art of Japan (1905)

The industries of Japan, together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce (1889)

The masters of Ukioye; a complete historical description of Japanese paintings and color prints of the genre school (1896)

The ornamental arts of Japan Vol. 1 (1882)

The ornamental arts of Japan Vol. 2 (1882)

Three essays on Oriental painting (1910)

Twelve Japanese painters (1913)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in art and artists from the Far East – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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