Holmgren J (109 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 111 pages.Clean and solid copy. Glossy pictorial cover. Light curl starting at top corner. Short crease to back cover corner.Color plates.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. EARLY INDONESIAN TEXTILES FROM THREE ISLAND CULTURES: SUMBA, TORAJA, LAMPUNG, Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus, softcover, 1989. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. There is no bookplate or name of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition. 11 x 8 ½, 111 pages, 19 ounces. XX Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Early Indonesian Textiles from Three Island Cultures: Sumba, Toraja, Lampung" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 14 - May 14, 1989. [From the foreword] "Rarely does a society invest textiles with intense religious significance and yet accord them primary importance as indicators of temporal wealth and status. Such, however, has been their role for centuries in Indonesia, where weaving, the work of women, was a counterpart to sculpture and jewelry, created by men. Like painting in other cultures, textiles assumed an esteemed place as the greatest of two-dimensional art forms in Indonesia, where painting was almost nonexistent. Far beyond their customary utilitarian roles—as clothing, for example, or furnishings—textiles have been employed by the peoples of Indonesia in potent emblematic and sacred contexts. These textiles from tribal Indonesia cast an immediate spell; the vibrancy and beauty of their color and the unfamiliarity of their imagery evoke a visceral response mixed with wonderment. Far from appealing simply as decoration, they project in some instances the same dynamism as modern abstract art, in others a subtly sophisticated classicism. The many-layered significance of their designs gradually reveals itself, both visually and in the complexity of their powerful symbolism. Ancient Indonesia was the hub of trading systems, and a pathway for religious and artistic influences, which conveyed exotic patterns and forms throughout Indonesia's thousands of island populations, supplementing and modifying patterns already millennia old. Images deeply embedded in the ancient neolithic traditions of Indonesian peoples combined with designs acquired from other Asian civilizations to create a rich iconographic tradition which celebrated a cosmology founded on a pantheon of gods, a population of revered ancestors, and a universe teeming with supernatural presences. Textiles were central to the tasks of mediating between mankind and this often dangerous or terrifying universe, and of maintaining a balance that kept them in their due positions. With the rapid erosion of Indonesia's traditional cultures, its fragile legacy of textiles is not being renewed. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to exhibit a selection of works from Sumba, Toraja, and Lampung from the collection of Anita E. Spertus and Robert J. Holmgren, which has a legendary reputation among students of the subject. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Clean, unmarked with shiny wraps, light rub, still sharp corners and a solid, crease-free spine. BP/Textiles/Indonesia.

Softcover. 228 - 336 pp. 1994. Volume XLVIII, Number 3 (July 1994): Essays on Bible and Theology. Softcover. Very good condition; traces of wear on covers.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abrams, c.1989, 8-1/2"x11", paperbk., 111pp., many color photos., NF $.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Expanded third edition. Light wear, interior is clean.

Oversized Hardback. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. There's a light stain in the bottom left corner of the front cover. Some pencil markings to the back cover. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Gift inscription on first page.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Condition: New.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Comb-bound xeroxed report; minor shelfwear; o/w in good condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 111pp. 45 textiles ae illustrated in colour and fully described.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 210 pp, mapped endpapers. Dj rubbed and spotted, chips and tears at edges. Boards have very light wear to extremities. Small spot top edge. Inscription and name penned several times to front and back papers.

4°, Orig.-Karton. 111 S. mit zahlr. Abb. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch.

1972, 1st edition. (Cloth) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 210pp. Frontispiece, illus., ports., mapped endpapers. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket.