Chinese Painters: A Critical Study - Couverture souple

Petrucci, Raphael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 124107447X ISBN 13 : 9781241074470

Editeur : Primary Sources, Historical Collections, 2011

Synopsis

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous generations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

He published a book on Michelangelo spoetry. At the same time he was a scientific engineer. When war broke out Petrucci was on his way home from I taly, where he had been engaged, I believe, on some large engineering project and he only got out of Switzerland into France by the last train which left Basle. He came toE ngland for a time, looking after a number of Belgian refugees, including some very distinguished artists. At the end of 1914 he was engaged by the India office to do some valuable work in London on the collection of Chinese and Tibetan paintings brought back from Tun-huang byS ir Aurel Stein. He then worked at La Panne for theB elgian army hospital (he had had a medical training in his youth), went toP rovence for a rest, fell ill and died in Paris after an operation. Raphael Petrucci was a man who seemed to reincarnate the boundless curiosity and the various ability of the men of the Italian Renaissance. But for some years before his death he had concentrated his powers chiefly on the study ofO riental art, of the Chinese language, and of Buddhist iconography. His most important work in this line is La Pbilosopbie de laN ature dans VA rt dE xtreme Orient, a sumptuously printed folio published by Laurens in Paris, with illustrations by the Kokka Company, and written with as much charm as insight.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Primary Sources, Historical Collections
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 124107447X
• ISBN 13: 9781241074470
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible