Homage to Heaven Homage to Earth: Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum - Hardcover

Royal Ontario Museum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802058760 ISBN 13: 9780802058768

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1992

Synopsis

One of the world's finest collections of Chinese art is housed in Toronto at the Royal Ontario Museum. For the first time, many of its most important and spectacular treasures are published in full colour with accompanying text. From a prehistoric jade bird 5000 years old to nineteenth-century scrolls, nearly 300 objects are illustrated in 140 large, full-colour photographs specially taken for this volume. The selection of objects and the accompanying text have been prepared by curatorial staff of the Museum's Far Eastern Department. There is a general introduction to the collection. Thereafter, each section has an introduction discussing the medium concerned, and each illustration has its own extensive description. Full notes and catalogue entries, with a detailed bibliography, make this a valuable book for scholars and serious collectors as well as a joy to the eye for anyone who delights in the arts of China's past.

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International Grandmaster Arthur Dake has played and defeated some of the best chessplayers of the 20th century during his long and distinguished career. Casey Bush, chess correspondent for Portland's daily, The Oregonian , tells Dake's story both on and off the board, with 32 photographs and 50 annotated games (descriptive notation). Published by

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0802058760
• ISBN 13: 9780802058768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256