Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art : an Outline History of East Asiatic Design [In Two Volumes] / Ernest F. Fenollosa

Fenollosa, Ernest (1853-1908)

2007, First Edition. Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Classics ; [Enfield : Publishers Group UK, Distributor]. This book, originally published in 1913, is still regarded as the essential and definitive survey of eastern art. It explains the genre s progress over almost 5,000 years, with classifications of time and style periods. Fenollosa (1853-1908) came to Japan in 1878 as a teacher. Later, as a specialist in Oriental art, he became curator of the Dept. Of Oriental Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. An exceptional paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 676 pages; Physical desc. : xliv, 676 p. : ill. , map ; 19 cm. Subject: Art - China - History. Art - Japan - History. Item #159731

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