Asian Art

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Asian Art
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Kerrigan
Foreword by Michael Robinson
SeriesThe World's Greatest Art
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 170,Width 160
Category/GenreOriental art
ISBN/Barcode 9781786644770
ClassificationsDewey:709.5
Audience
General
Illustrations 174 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
Imprint Flame Tree Publishing
NZ Release Date 10 July 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Over the centuries, the elegance of Asian art has been a source of fascination and inspiration for artists and art lovers worldwide. This beautifully illustrated book, returning after some time out of print explores the diversity of art and artefacts from around Asia, detailing the subjects, the materials used in their making, and the lives of the artists and artisans who created them.

Author Biography

Michael Robinson is a freelance lecturer and writer on British art and design history. Originally an art dealer with his own provincial gallery in Sussex, he entered academic life by way of a career change, having gained a first class honours and Masters degree at Kingston University. He is currently working on his doctorate, a study of early modernist period British dealers. He continues to lecture on British and French art of the Modern period. Michael Kerrigan is author of Modern Art from the 'World's Greatest Art' series and 100 Great Art Masterpieces, and co-author of The Architecture Style Spotter's Guide along with a great many other books and articles on art, culture and history. He lives in Edinburgh, where he writes regularly for the Scotsman newspaper and is a book reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian.