Alexander C Soper (37 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st paperback ed., fully rev. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st paperback ed., fully rev. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cover has toned, but text is bright, bumps and shelfwear. Stamped by UTA Libraries as a "discarded gift" in red on flyleaf.

Condition: Good. (4th)71 Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 2nd printing, 1972. (China, Buddhist cave temples, art) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 209pp, quarto. minor creasing to front cover, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. 1st Integrated Edition, Reprint. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear w/price strike-out to upper back. PO name on fEP; all three leading text edges stamped/marked denoting ownership. Number 20 in the Pelican History of Art Series. First published 1956. This First Integrated Edition is based on the 3rd Hardback Edition on 1971. 4000-year span of art history covered in two parts. Part II, Painting and Sculpture is authored by Laurence Sickman. Part II, Architecture is penned by Alexander Soper. Confucian restraint and Taoist escapism are continuous and dynamic threads threads. Fine copy despite disfigurement to text edges.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kodansha International January 1969 in slipcase. handsome copy. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

48pp. 24 illus. Lrg. 8vo. Wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Mild bumping and rubbing to boards, gilt dull. Unclipped DJ protected in mylar, light edgewear and rubbing, spine lightly faded, small abrasion front flap, few small tears. Light soiling page edges. Small abrasion ffep. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, or stamps. International addresses will require extra postage due to size. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 631 pages.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Here is "The Art Bulletin" for June 1951, being Volume XXXIII, No. 2. It is a scholarly quarterly periodical with contributions by numerous universities, colleges, and museum collections. Many of its issues were originally destined for institutional collections; thus it is a lucky stroke of luck to find any unbound, original issue on the market. Issues from the 1950s are particularly scarce on the market. The "Bulletin" focuses on scholarly investigations and has provided much valuable information through the years. Issues are frequently illustrated with telling and fascinating illustrations. CONTENTS - MAIN ARTICLES : * Notes on Horyuji, and the Sculpture of the "Suikō Period" [Buddhist Art] --- by Alexander C. Soper * A New Early Tintoretto --- by Millard Meiss * John La Farge, Art Critic --- by Ruth Berenson Katz NOTES : * Tintoretto and the Medici Tombs -- by David R. Coffin * Latrobe and Old West at Dickinson College --- by Paul F. Norton BOOK REVIEWS : * Marion Elizabeth Blake, "Ancient Roman Construction in Italy from the Prehistoric Period to Augustus" --- by Axel Boëthius * José Guerrero Lovillo, "Las Cántigas, estudio arqueologico de sus miniatures" --- by Harry Bober * Cesare Brandi, "Quattrocentisti senesi" --- by John Pope-Hennesy * Arthur M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving: A Critical Catalogue with Complete Reproductions of all the Prints Described, Part II: Known Masters Other than Florentine, Monogrammists and Anonymous"; and J. C. J. Bierens de Haan, "L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelius Cort, graveur hollandais" --- by ruth Wedgwood Kennedy * Elizabeth Wilder Weismann, "Mexico in Sculpture" --- by Alfred Neumeyer LIST OF BOOKS RECEIVED TITLE : The Art Bulletin ISSUE : Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 DATE : June 1951 EDITOR : Wolfgang Stechow IMPRINT : College Art Association of America PLACE : New York DETAILS : Quarterly Periodical; approx. 9 1/4" x 12:, printed wraps, stapled and glued; volume pages [77] - [151] (73 pages) CONDITION -- GOOD ONLY -- This is a previously owned periodical that remains clean and presentable, with the following details noted EXTERIOR : Spine is a bit weathered and darkened; scattered minute white spots of indeterminate source to rear covers; mild surface rub; bumps to corner tips - else clean and presentable BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR - There are bumped top corner tips to numerous leaves - some of these have serious creases and small loss (this is the reason for the GOOD ONLY condition), else interior is clean and presentable. All of the text and illustrations appear cleanly and are not affected by corner creases. Tintoretto, et al (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. English The Art and Architecture of China provides a comprehensive survey of Chinese artistic and architectural development from the early dynastic periods to modern times, examining the religious, political, and social influences on aesthetic and construction practices. It covers painting, sculpture, ceramics, bronze work, and architectural structures such as palaces, temples, and gardens, with attention to style, materials, and symbolism. Organized chronologically and thematically, the book situates artistic achievements within their cultural and historical contexts, showing how art and architecture reflect the thought, rituals, and power structures of Chinese society. …

Black and white photographic plates, 48pp, notes, bibliography, a good paperback copy with fading on the spine and upper section of lower cover. 15 x 23 cm. Essay for publication by Alexander Soper on the topic of Chinese Art. Made in honour of the ninth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal at the Freer Gallery of Art.…

Brossurato. Buone Condizioni. Classico Ingiallimento Dato Dal Tempo, Margini Della Copertina Usurati. Fogli In Più Che Buono Stato Per Una Lettura Scorrevole. 78 Figure Fuori Testo.

Broschur. Condition: Gut. 129 17x24,5x1,5 cm._Broschur_Englisch_129 s._525 g. J25-W06-034 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 525.

In-8° pp. VIII-56 con 78 ill. su tav. f.t. Bross. edit.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. (JPN) First Edition No markings, the first two leaves have an inexplicable slight waviness just to the top middle portion of the pages, otherwise Fine in price-clipped Fine dust jacket all in cardboard slipcase. Cloth, 248pp, map, bibliography Tipped in colour frontis; colour plates; 218 of B&W photos. This lovely book presents the first richly illustrated and intergrated survey in English of the excavated archaeological treasures of Buddhist Temples in the 1860s. A heavy book. (7.0 JM LVR 206/6 Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). …

Condition: Buone. italiano Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, macchie bruniture Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, bruniture.

Paperback. Condition: Good. no dj. Imperial Cave-Chapels of the Northern Dynasties: Donors, Beneficiaries, Dates Vol. 28. Book.

Softcover. cream textured wraps w/ red & black printing. 77 pgs w/ bw illustrations, fold-out map. 20 black/white illustrations. Pages lightly toned; foxing to opening and closing pages. Good- (wraps scuffed & smudged w/ foxing to edges, tanning. approx 2inch open tear to lower spine w/ binding visible. numerous light splits to textblock; glue & threads intact.).…

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. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket included. Later Edition. ISBN 0870110896. Hardback; oversized. Second printing of 1969 original. Very slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to page edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dust jacket with slight wear to corners and edges; slight dust soiling; $32.50 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dust jacket; Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. no dj. Case of Meaningful Magic, A. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 110 pages, illustrations : 31 cm. INDEX ASCHWIN LIPPE Some Sculptural Motifs on Early Calukya Temples 5 NANCY THOMPSON The Evolution of the T'ang Lion and Grapevine Mirror 25 ALEXANDER C. SOPER Addendum: The "Yen Shou" Mirrors 55 K. V. SOUNDRA RAJAN . The Typology of the Anantasayi Icon 67 LOUIS MALLERET L'Amphisbène 85 S. J. O'CONNOR Note on a Mukhalinga from Western Borneo 93. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pages 275-357, illustrations : 31 cm. INDEX JEAN BOISSELIER Notes sur l'Art du Bronze dans l'ancien ALEXANDER C. SOPER Cambodge 275 WEN FONG A Ninth Century Landscape Painting in the Japa- nese Imperial Palace and some Chinese Parallels 335 Reply to Professor Soper's Comments on Tao-chi's Letter to Chu Ta 351.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

Condition: Fine. WLB00100635.