The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies
Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 1996)
Edited by Susan F. Rossen
The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, published twice annually, presents articles on the collections and history of the Art Institute. This special issue is devoted to the museums’ renowned collection of Asian art. The issue begins with an illustrated survey of the Art Institute’s recent acquisitions from China, Japan, Indonesia, Tibet, Kashmir, and Nepal. Essays that follow examine important areas of the museum’s Asian collection: bronze and stone sculptures from South India; early Chinese paintings, including scrolls, wall fragments, and fans; and two types of Japanese woodblock prints—privately published works for special occasions (surimono) and prints that incorporated Western perspective into their compositions (uki-e).
Articles in this publication:
Stephen Little, “Recent Acquisitions in the Department of Asian Art”
Pratapaditya Pal, “Sculptures from South India in the Art Institute of Chicago”
Stephen Little, “Early Chinese Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago”
Betty Y. Siffert, “Surimono in the Clarence Buckingham Japanese Print Collection: An Introduction”
Stephen Little, “The Lure of the West: European Elements in the Art of the Floating World”
96 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.
ISBN-13: 9780865591295
ISBN-10: 0865591296
