Finding Art Books in the Asia Stacks
The Fine Arts "N" classification covers general works on art. NA=Architecture; NB=Sculpture; NC=Drawing, Design, Illustration; ND=Painting; NE=Print Media (printmaking, engraving, etching, etc.); NK=Decorative Arts (decoration & ornament, interior decoration, furniture, carpets, tapestries, ceramics, costume, glass, metalwork, textiles, woodwork).
Art
The Kroch Asia bookstacks contain a large collection on Southeast Asian art, from prehistoric to contemporary. Browse the N7311 section in ++ and + (double oversize and oversize books) on Level 1, and the same call number section on the downstairs level B, "regular" size books.
The Art of Southeast Asia by Call Number: N 7301 R26 1990Publication Date: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1990.Briefly discusses the history of styles of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the countries of Southeast Asia.
Understanding Contemporary Southeast Asian Art by Call Number: N5877.A1 C52 2003Publication Date: 2003 ( Singapore : Art Forum)Discusses the art world of auctions, specific artists, still life painting, life drawing, landscape art, and sculpture in brief historical perspective but concentrating on contemporary (as of 2003).
Post-Tsunami Art: Emerging Artists from South-East Asia by Call Number: N7311 .P68 2009 +Publication Date: 2009 (Bologna [Italy] : Damiani)
Modern Art of Southeast Asia: Introductions from A to Z by
(This book) features 60 concise and accessibly written accounts of the key ideas and currents underlying modern art in the region. These are accompanied by over 250 beautifully reproduced artworks from the collection of National Gallery Singapore, and other public and private collections in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Call Number: N7311 N45 +Publication Date: 2019 (Singapore : National Gallery Singapore)
Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia (1969-1989) by
In 1981, the Filipino artist and curator Raymundo Albano adopted the expression "Suddenly Turning Visible" to describe the rapid transformation of Manila's urban landscape. The visibility that Albano evoked was aspirational, driven by a desire for rapid economic growth in which art had a critical role. This catalogue traces this story through three influential art institutions: The Cultural Centre of the Philippines, the Alpha Gallery in Singapore, and the Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art in Bangkok. It presents in rich detail artworks from the period, an anthology of primary documents, and interviews with curators, artists and architects, revealing the links between architecture, modern art and the role of institutions in Southeast Asia.
Call Number: N7311 .S84 2019ISBN: 9789811406522Publication Date: 2019 (Singapore : National Gallery Singapore,)
Taboo and Transgression in Contemporary Indonesian Art by Call Number: N 7326 R37 2005Publication Date: Ithaca, N.Y. : Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, c2005Exhibition curated by Amanda Rath at Johnson Museum of Art. This book informs the viewers on the background, the artists, and the works.
South East Asian Art: A New Spirit by
Contemporary art, mostly painting and a few other mediums, and installations, from Singapore and Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia.
Call Number: N7311 .S6x 1997 ++Publication Date: 1997 (Singapore : Art and Artist Speak)
Life, Death and Magic:2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art by
For thousands of years across mainland and island Southeast Asia, the deification of significant ancestors and the veneration of spirits of nature has formed the basis of traditional beliefs. These beliefs are in turn the impetus for the creation of splendid and extraordinary works of art in fiber, stone, metal, wood, and clay--made to protect and give pleasure to the living, to honor the ancestors, and to secure safe passage for the human soul between this world and the afterlife. Life, Death and Magic provides an evocative overview of Southeast Asia's ancestral arts and culture, from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century.
Call Number: N7311 .M39 2010 +Publication Date: 2010 ( Canberra : National Gallery of Australia ; Seattle, WA : Distributed in the United States by University of Washington Press)
Eyes of the Ancestors: the Arts of Island Southeast Asia by
Eyes of the Ancestors takes an in-depth look at the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned collection of artworks from Island Southeast Asia. Beautiful photography and essays by international scholars unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Sarawak, and East Timor. Anthropologist Reimar Schefold introduces these texts, which investigate various indigenous art forms. They describe... a range of objects, from intricately woven sacred and ceremonial textiles to carved ancestor figures. Also featured are gold and metalwork designs as well as weaponry and jewelry, most dating back more than a hundred years.
Call Number: N7311 .D35 2013 ++ (Fine Arts library also has,Publication Date: 2013 ([Dallas] : Dallas Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press)
Photography
Photography in Southeast Asia: a Survey by Call Number: TR646.A785 Z49 2016Publication Date: 2017 (Singapore : NUS Press)[This book] is a comprehensive attempt to map the emergence and trajectories of photographic practices in Southeast Asia from the colonial era to modern times. Individual chapters are dedicated to the countries of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. The book focuses on the early innovators and as well as later photographers who demonstrate strong agency and autonomy in their practice.
Gardens of the East: Photography in Indonesia 1850's-1940's by Call Number: TR 113 I55 N49 2014Publication Date: 2014 ( Canberra : National Gallery of Australia)Chapters cover the arrival of photography in Southeast Asia; professional and personal photography; personal albums and family portraits; colonial industry, and "close-up" essays on seven famous photographers.
