5. Frank Keller Collection
Collection #818
Includes ca. 100 photos of 20th-century China, specifically the Hunan Bible Institute, including identified and unidentified buildings, individuals (including Chiang Kai-Shek and Mme. Chiang), countryside and miscellaneous.
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Hist/E.A. 349 : West Meets East: Research Workshop: Visual Sources (HC)
Using General Background Information:
Arts of China Consortium
Collections of links for studying Chinese and Japanese art with sections on museums, books, image archives and related topics.
A dictionary of Chinese ceramics
Publisher: Singapore : Sun Tree Publishing Limited, 2002.
"The book contains 2,165 entries, accompanied by more than 1,000 colour plates and black-and-white illustrations, and further supported by maps, a historical chronology and a timeline of ceramic production throughout China's history. Also included are selected line drawings which provide a graphic analysis of the evolution and variety of shapes (Chapter 1) and decorative styles (Chapter 5) found on Chinese ceramics. Four indices assist readers in locating entries in English or Pinyin. Chinese characters and Pinyin words are listed in entry titles and wherever possible in the body text."--BOOK JACKET.
Oxford art online
Includes full-text articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory through the present. Contains images and provides links to related sites.
Image Collections:
ARTstor
A digital library that provides access to thousands of digital images derived from a variety of museum, library and archival collections. Images support a variety of disciplines including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Coverage varies.
Antique Maps Database (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Browse the Geographic Region listing to find maps of countries and provinces published in the 17th century and later.
A city of Cathay
A handscroll depicts, in exquisite detail, everyday life in thirteenth-century China.
Image Slideshow (China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980)
All images in the database are browsable through this slideshow. You can also search for specific topics within the following document types:
Colour Illustration
Colour Map
Illustration
Map
Photograph
Scrap Book
Colour Illustration
Colour Map
Illustration
Map
Photograph
Scrap Book
China Trade:
The decorative arts of the China trade
Publisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club, 1991.
Hai mao liu zhen
Publisher: Xianggang = Hong Kong : Xianggang da xue mei shu bo wu guan = University of Hong Kong, 2003.
Made in China
Publisher: Winterthur, DE : Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum ; 2005.
"This full-color catalogue highlights 117 exquisite export porcelain objects from the extensive Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Authors Ronald Fuchs and David Howard ground their presentation with an introductory overview of the manufacture of porcelain, the history of the China Trade, and the importance of export porcelain in European and American history and material culture." --BOOK JACKET.
This is an excellent introduction to an important local area collection. For more on export porcelain, see China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Export PorcelainProduced during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1908).
This is an excellent introduction to an important local area collection. For more on export porcelain, see China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Export PorcelainProduced during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1908).
Philadelphians and the China trade, 1784-1844
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Philadelphia Museum of Art, c1984.
Graphic Arts:
Hokusai and his age
Publisher: Amsterdam : Hotei, c2005.
"This profusely illustrated volume, which collects essays by a distinguished roster of specialists in Japanese art, presents a wide range of current scholarship on the Edo artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and his immediate artistic and literary circles. ... Less well known, Hokusai was a highly accomplished and prolific painter who produced not only pictures of courtesans of the pleasure quarters, the normal stock-in-trade of an ukiyo-e artist, but also a prodigious output based on historical and legendary themes."--BOOK JACKET.
How to read Chinese paintings
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; c2008.
"The Chinese way of appreciating a painting is often expressed by the words du hua, "to read a painting." How does one do that? Because art is a visual language, words alone cannot adequately convey its expressive dimension. How to Read Chinese Paintings seeks to visually analyze thirty-six paintings and calligraphies from the encyclopedic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in order to elucidate what makes each a masterpiece." --BOOK JACKET.
Meiji kaikaki no nishikie
Publisher: Tōkyō : Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1989.
This is a catalog of an exhibit entitled Meiji Japan through Woodblock Prints.
Note the frequent representations of Western technologies and customs alongside a traditional Japanese way of life.
Note the frequent representations of Western technologies and customs alongside a traditional Japanese way of life.
Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages
Landsberger's site features over 2 thousand posters covering nearly six decades of Chinese history.
Material Culture:
Chinese dress
Publisher: Tokyo ; Tuttle Publishing, 2007.
A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated book examining the extraordinary range of Chinese dress, against a background of historical, cultural and social change. Skillfully weaving together everything from court and formal costumes through to the working attire of the lower classes and the latest fashions of New China, tells the story of the evolution of Chinese clothing. --From publisher's description.
A descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, in Philadelphia.
Publisher: Philadelphia, 1839.
Merchant Nathan Dunn founded his Chinese museum in 1838 in Philadelphia. It entertained people through 1841 with views of Chinese rooms, art, and objects.
For more information, see the American Philosophical Society page describing more sources on Dunn.
For a longer description, see China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
For more information, see the American Philosophical Society page describing more sources on Dunn.
For a longer description, see China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
Photography:
Bibliography of Photo-albums and Materials related to the History of Photography in China and Tibet before 1949
Extensive listing of sources on photography along with news announcements.
High-Definition Image Database of Old Photographs of Japan
The University of Nagasaki has digitized high quality images and given them detailed indexing. Note also the related site for the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period.
Historical Photographs of China
This is a European academic project to digitize and classify photographs now in private hands outside of China. Collections now online include the Shanghai Municipal Police and the Chinese Maritime Customs Service.
The history of Japanese photography
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, c2003.
"Over the past 150 years, Japanese photographers have created an impressive body of work that ranges from dignified imperial portraits to sweeping urban panoramas, from early ethereal landscapes to modern urban mysteries. Despite the richness, significance, and variety of this work, however, it has largely been neglected in Western histories of photography. This gorgeous and groundbreaking book - the first comprehensive account of Japanese photography from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day - reveals to English-speaking audiences the importance and beauty of this art form."--BOOK JACKET.
Japan
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : J. B. Millet company, [1897-98]
The introduction empasizes the importance of letting the Japanese themselves describe their culture and history. Foreign writers don't understand Japan. This 15 volume set has essays written by Japanes authors. The photographs were all taken by Japanese photographers. Even the decorative papers were designed and made by Japanese artists.
The intention of the contributors is to make Japan better know to the American people.
The intention of the contributors is to make Japan better know to the American people.
Sidney D. Gamble Photographs
Online collection from Duke University, presenting 5000 mphotos of China, 1917-1932.
Museums and Archives:
Bryn Mawr Special Collections
Bryn Mawr's collections of rare books and art offer visual materials in depth. Note in particular:
Travel Literature Asia
Many of these accounts written before 1850 include illustrations.
Contact Eric Pumroy (epumroy@brynmawr.edu) or Marianne Hansen (mhansen@brynmawr.edu)to arrange a
visit.
Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints (College annual report illustrated with Japanese prints throughout)
The art collection has a group of over 250 Japanese woodblock prints. Make an appointment with Emily
Croll (ecroll@brynmawr.edu) to see the prints.
Travel Literature Asia
Many of these accounts written before 1850 include illustrations.
Contact Eric Pumroy (epumroy@brynmawr.edu) or Marianne Hansen (mhansen@brynmawr.edu)to arrange a
visit.
Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints (College annual report illustrated with Japanese prints throughout)
The art collection has a group of over 250 Japanese woodblock prints. Make an appointment with Emily
Croll (ecroll@brynmawr.edu) to see the prints.
Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington D. C.
The Collections page allows you to browse or search the Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Art Collections.
Haverford College Special Collections
Special Collections house a variety of visual resources among its rare materials including illustrations, photographs, and maps. Some otable collections are:
1. Set of 100 handcolored Japanese photographs dated latter part of the 19th century-early 20th century.
Collection #812 B-R
2. Photo album of views of Friends Mission, Tokyo. ca. 1900 items.
Collection #975B
3. Meetinghouse photos, Japan. 6 items.
Collection #988E
4. Photos of 19th& 20th century China. 6 items.
Collection #812 B-R
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Search the collection by keyword for descriptions and pictures of individual objects. Current exhibits include The Art of Japanese Craft: 1875 to the Present.
Winterthur Museum
Collections include a Chinoiserie style room with the wallpaper imported from China. Also the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, more than 200 pieces of Chinese and Japanese export porcelain made for the European andAmerican markets.
Finding Journal Articles:
Journal articles provide in depth scholarly information on many fields including historical research. The articles are vetted and improved by peer review. The following indexes are the best ways to find journal articles about East Asian art and history.
For art history, use Art Index
For Asian studies, use Bibliography of Asian Studies
For history, use Historical Abstracts
For Asian studies, use Bibliography of Asian Studies
For all disciplines, use the full-text journal database, JSTOR and Proquest Research Library
Examples of journal articles from Proquest that combine historical issues with art or images include:
Use the green Find It button in these indexes to find out if the journal articles are available in the Tri-College libraries. If the journal is not listed in Tripod, use the Find It request form or the Article Delivery Form on Tripod to have a copy of the article sent to you from another library.
For art history, use Art Index
For Asian studies, use Bibliography of Asian Studies
For history, use Historical Abstracts
For Asian studies, use Bibliography of Asian Studies
For all disciplines, use the full-text journal database, JSTOR and Proquest Research Library
Examples of journal articles from Proquest that combine historical issues with art or images include:
Between "Crockery-dom" and Barnum: Boston's Chinese Museum, 1845-47
Ronald J Zboray, Mary Saracino Zboray. American Quarterly. College Park:Jun 2004. Vol. 56, Iss. 2, p. 271-307 (37 pp.)
Chinese Exclusion, Photography, and the Development of U.S. Immigration Policy
Anna Pegler-Gordon. American Quarterly. College Park:Mar 2006. Vol. 58, Iss. 1, p. 51-77,267 (28 pp.)
"From Baby's First Bath": Kao Soap and Modern Japanese Commercial Design
Gennifer Weisenfeld. The Art Bulletin. New York:Sep 2004. Vol. 86, Iss. 3, p. 573-598,429 (27 pp.)
Photography, Performance, and the Making of Female Images in Modern China
Laikwan Pang. Journal of Women's History. Baltimore:Winter 2005. Vol. 17, Iss. 4, p. 56-85,183 (31 pp.)
Yuanming Yuan/Versailles: Intercultural Interactions between Chinese and European Palace Cultures
Greg M. Thomas. Art History. London:Feb 2009. Vol. 32, Iss. 1, p. 115-143
Use the green Find It button in these indexes to find out if the journal articles are available in the Tri-College libraries. If the journal is not listed in Tripod, use the Find It request form or the Article Delivery Form on Tripod to have a copy of the article sent to you from another library.