Animal Motifs in Asian Art: An Illustrated Guide to Their Meanings and AestheticsCourier Corporation, 2014/07/28 - 320 ページ Authoritative reference deals primarily with animal symbolism in Japanese art, with occasional mention of the decorative art of China, India, and Persia. Arranged in the format of a dictionary, the explanatory text is rich with sidelights from literature and legend, while 673 black-and-white illustrations depict dragons, tigers, bats, and other creatures with symbolic significance. |
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Ananda Ancient animals Art and Industry Arts of Japan badger beasts beauty birds Boar Bodhisattva Boston Buddha Buddhist Bull Butterflies China Chinese painting Chinese porcelain Chiura Author’s Collection Chiura CHAPTER colour-print by Hiroshige coloured woodcut Coomaraswamy creature crow decorative dragon dragon-fly dynasty elephant figure first fish five flight Folk-lore Francisco Cornejo Fujiwara period Gump Han dynasty heron Hindu Hiroshige Author’s Collection Hokusai Author’s Collection horse human Indian Art Indian painting Japanese Art Japanese painting Japanese Temples Journal of Indian Kakunen CHAPTER known Kokka Kolclca Kyosai Laurence Binyon legend lion London longevity Mafijusri Ming dynasty Monju Orient painting by Chiura painting by Kakunen Paris Rajput Painting Religion Reproduction San Francisco screen-painting Sculpture Sennin serpent significance surimono symbol T. Z. Shiota tail tanuki tiger Tokyo tortoise Trans Vaphio cup woodcut by Hiroshige woodcut by Hokusai woodcut by Keisai woodcut by Kuniyoshi woodcut by Morikuni Worship York