The Sale of Works of Art
The Sale of Works of Art

Author: Geraldine Keen

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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Relationship betwen money and art and a general survey of the international art market.

Shishi and Other Netsuke
Shishi and Other Netsuke

Author: Rosemary Bandini

Publisher: Hotei Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780953573301

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Long-time collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting netsuke of animals and celestial beings. A considerable part of the collection consists of so-called shishi (lion dogs). These beautiful miniature art objects have been described at length by Rosemary Bandini. beautiful Japanese art form. The appendix contains pictures of the signatures found on the netsuke, a very useful guide to the collector.

Birds
Birds

Author: Saint-John Perse

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 9781852353384

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Saint-John Perse A version by Derek Mahon These are birds, pure and simple, nothing more, their truth the secret of life itself . . . Derek Mahon s previous translation work includes versions of Jaccottet (Words in the Air, 1998) and Valéry (The Seaside Cemetery, 2001). To these he now adds Birds by Saint-John Perse whose long, discursive, musical texts owe something to Rimbaud s Illuminations but are finally unique. Among twentieth-century poets Perse is remarkable for his oceanic qualities, his global reach and philosophical optimism. Birds is about birds, but also about the artistic vocation itself, Yeats s lonely impulse of delight