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Latin Verse Inscriptions In Late Anglo-Saxon Art, Elizabeth Teviotdale Jul 1993

Latin Verse Inscriptions In Late Anglo-Saxon Art, Elizabeth Teviotdale

Elizabeth C Teviotdale

Examines the inscriptions in seven manuscripts and on a portable altar. All of the inscriptions are hexameters. Argues that the Anglo-Saxons understood the poetry to be an essentially written and visual (as opposed to oral) art form and that, even as the literary pretensions of the poetry declined during the course of the late Anglo-Saxon period, the presentation of the poetry increased in its sophistication.

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East Meets West: Isabella Stewart Gardner And Okakura Kakuzō, Victoria Weston Dec 1992

East Meets West: Isabella Stewart Gardner And Okakura Kakuzō, Victoria Weston

Victoria Weston

This exhibition catalogue accompanied the exhibition of the same name shown at the Gardner Museum in 1993. The exhibition featured the fusuma and folding screen sets owned by the Gardner of generally seventeenth century Kano authorship. The catalogue essay discusses the relationship between Mrs. Gardner and Japanese art critic Okakura Kakuzō during the years 1904 to 1913 and the development of the Chinese Room. The painting "Two Dragons Contending for the Moon" by Yokoyama Taikan (ca. 1904/5) and his quick sketch inside the cover of Mrs. Gardner's guest book (discovered and identified by Weston) were included in the exhibition.

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The Romance Of Transportation: Vehicle And Voyage In North American Art, Ellen Plummer, Pamela Warner Dec 1992