East Asian Art Reference

[Madrayken]

Hi folks,

I'm looking for an online resource for traditional East Asian art; watercolour, inks and such, but not just calligraphy. I've tried the net, but either I'm using the wrong searches, or nobody likes the style much!


Anyone have any suggestions.?

Many thanks!

Dene

[briggsy@ashtons]

You might like to give these free ebooks a try. If you find any of them useful please let us know here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=94571

Epochs of Chinese & Japanese art, an outline history of East Asiatic design
Creator Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908
Publisher London : Heinemann
Date [1921-
http://www.archive.org/details/epochsofchinesej02fenouoft

Outlines of Chinese art
Creator Ferguson, John C. (John Calvin), 1866-1945
Publisher Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Art institute of Chicago by the University of Chicago press
Date [1919]
http://www.archive.org/details/outlinesofchines00ferguoft

CHINESE ART & CULTURE
Creator RENE GROUSSET
Publisher GROVE PRESS, INC.
Date 1961
http://www.archive.org/details/chineseartcultur007001mbp

Chinese Art Volume II
Creator Stephen W. Bushell
Publisher Printed Under The Authority
Date 1919
http://www.archive.org/details/chineseartvolume001989mbp

Introduction To Chinese Art
Creator Arnold Silcock
Publisher Oxford University Press
Date 1935
http://www.archive.org/details/introductiontoch001813mbp

An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
Creator Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Publisher London, B. Quaritch
Date 1918
http://www.archive.org/details/introductiontohi00gileuoft

Japanese art
Creator Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944
Publisher Boston, L. C. Page & company
Date 1904
http://www.archive.org/details/japaneseart00hartuoft

The ABC of Japanese art
Creator Blacker, J. F
Publisher Toronto : Copp, Clark
Date [between 1911 and 1918]
http://www.archive.org/details/abcofjapaneseart00blacuoft

The Spirit Of Japanese Art
Creator Yone Noguchi
Publisher E.P. Dutton And Company
Date 1915
http://www.archive.org/details/spiritofjapanese002038mbp

Legend in Japanese art; a description of historical episodes, legendary characters, folk-lore myths, religious symbolism
Creator Joly, Henri L
Publisher London ; New York : John Lane, The Bodley Head
Date 1908
http://www.archive.org/details/legendinjapanese00jolyuoft

The arts of Japan
Creator Dillon, Edward, d. 1914
Publisher London : Methuen
Date 1909
http://www.archive.org/details/artsofjapan00dilluoft

Painting in the Far East : an introduction to the history of pictorial art in Asia, especially China and Japan
Creator Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943
Publisher London : Arnold
Date 1913
http://www.archive.org/details/paintinginfareas00binyuoft

The flight of the dragon : an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources
Creator Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943
Publisher London : J. Murray
Date 1911
http://www.archive.org/details/flightofdragones00binyuoft

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If you want modern colour images, a couple of large online image collections come to mind:
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/page1.html
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/default.htm


Apart from that, don't forget Christopher Witcombe's Art History Resources
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks3.html

[Madrayken]

Good Grief! Just started looking at all this, and... wow! Some of these books are remarkable; 500+pp, originally printed in 1918? I had no idea such a resource existed! I need to stop using exclamation marks now...

Many thanks. From my initial perusal, there's enough to keep me going for years!