Enchanted by Lohans : Osvald Sireþn's journey into Chinese art /
Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Sirén (1879-1966) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia: 1918, 1921-1923, 1929-1930, and 1935. This was a pivotal period in Chinese archaeology, art studies, and the formatio...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- In the Forbidden City
- The beginnings of the journey
- Enchanted by Lohans in Boston
- The Golden Pavilion
- The expedition that lasted too long
- The fruits of the 1921-23 expedition
- To go or not to go back to Stockholm
- Language lessons and curio dealers
- Enhancing the Asian Collection in the Nationalmuseum
- The garden as a refuge
- Afterword
- Appendix I : Biographies
- Appendix II : Itineraries.