Su Young Hwang (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Glossy cover shows a little sunning to rear upper edge. Light thumbing. Mild shelfwear to surfaces. Pps 6 and 7 stuck together at upper corner. Subtle, clear soiling to a few rear upper corners. List of plates. Ephemera. Clean, bright, solidly bound. 120 pp. This volume of 161 color plates are beautiful examples of Korean art and aid in understanding Korean history.…

Magazin. Condition: Gut. 50 Seiten, dabei viele Abbildungen; Monatsschrift, herausgegeben von der Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für Erziehung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Neben dem oben aufgeführten Aufsatz sind noch weitere Beiträge, auch anderer Autoren, zu diesem Thema im gut erhaltenen Werk enthalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 160.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. London: Serindia Publications and Paris: UNESCO, 1978. Hardcover. Beige silk over boards with gilt lettering and decorations. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 482 pages. Illustrated with 353 black and white and color photographs. Maps, Chronology, Glossary, and a 12-page Bibliography. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shippoing. This massive and multidisciplinary work examines the images of the Buddha and of Buddhahood over 2500 years in many different parts of Asia. The authors situate the images within religious, national, spiritual, and anthopological contexts. Both rigorous and readable, this book helps one appreciate the beauty and power an image of a very early Indian Buddha but also seeks to explain why the Buddha appears so different in, say, Japan several centuries later. Contents: I. The first symbols of the Buddha. 1. The essential nature of a Buddha ; 2. Early Buddha symbols II. The Buddha in human form. 1. Cultural and historical background ; 2. The Ganges-Jumna (Ganga-Yamuna) Valley ; 3. Gandhara ; 4. Andhradesa (Krishna Valley) III. Maturity and efflorescence in India. 1. Cultural and historical background ; 2. The Ganges-Jumna (Ganga-Yamuna) Valley ; 3. Gandhara ; 4. Western India ; 5. Andhradera and South India IV. The Buddgah image in the rest of Asia. 1. Geographical and cultural considerations ; 2. Sri Lanka and South-East Asia up to the 10th Century A.D. 139 ; 3. Kashmir and Nepal ; 4. Afghanistan and Central Asia ; 5. China : growth and maturity ; 6. Korea ; 7. Japan V. Later variations and developments. 1. India : the last stages ; 2. Sri Lanka and South-East Asia (10th-19th Centuries) ; 3. Kashmir and Nepal ; 4. Tibet and Mongolia ; 5. Central Asia ; 6. China : the post-T'ang periods ; 7. Korea : the Koryo period (A.D. 918-1392) ; 8. Japan VI. The symbol as the ultimate Buddha image.…

Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Large Quarto, 276 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus condition. White spine with black text. Dustjacket has wrinkling to corners and along spine edges. Boards have bumping to corners. Textblock clean. Text in Korean. SH Consignment Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1370513. Special Collections.…

First edition, first printing Ten Books - Kim Won-Il, translated by Sun Ji-Moon : The House with a Sunken Courtyard (2013) / Yi Kwang-Su, translated by Hwang Sun-Ae and Horace Jeffery Hodges : The Soil (2013) / Park Wan-Suh, translated by Elizabeth Kaejin Yoon : Lonesome You (2013) / Ch'Oe In-Ho, translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton : Another Man's City (2014) / Hailji : The Republic of Uzupis / Eun Heekyung, translate by Yoojin Park, Craig Bott, Sora Kim-Russell, Jae Wopn Chung : (2017) / Song Sokze, translated by Se-Un Kim : The Amusing Life (2016) / Pyun Hye Young, stories translated by Youngsuk Parkl and Gloria Cosgrove Smith : Evening Proposal, Stories (2016) / Ch-Ae Man-Sik, translated by Kim Chunghee : Turbid Rivers (2016) / Kim Junghyuk, translated by Kim So-Young : The Library of Musical Instruments (2016). As new and fine handsome wraps with excellent spine and crisp bright text throughout. All ten volumes in this collection from the prestigious literary press Dalkey Archive. Sold only as a set. …