Stephen Little

Michael Butler

Honolulu Academy of Arts

University of Virginia. Art Museum

Julia B. Curtis

Trammel & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art

Shunzhi Porcelain, 1644-1661

Treasures from an Unknown Reign

Terese Tse Bartholomew

John Johnston

"The Dragon's Gift offers a rare opportunity to introduce, to the wider international audience, some of the most sacred Buddhist images of Bhutan. From the wealth of material surveyed, the organizers of the exhibition have selected over one hundred objects of superior aesthetic achievement and deep religious significance, the vast majority of which have never before been seen in the West. Nearly all of the works of art presented in this catalogue are from active temples and monasteries and remain in ritual use. Most of the items are painted or textile thangkas or gilt bronze sculptures which date primarily from the 17th to the 19th centuries - a golden age in the Buddhist arts of Bhutan. Ranging from depictions of Tantric deities to individualized portraits of Buddhist masters, the exhibition and catalogue present outstanding works of art with a wide iconographic scope. For the Buddhist people of Bhutan, these sacred items are conceived as supports along the journey to enlightenment, and are of vital spiritual significance. Complementing the presentation of sacred works of art is the documentation of the ancient Cham dances of Bhutan, to which the dance preservation team was given privileged entree. Having documented over three hundred hours of sacred and secular dances, they have made a first assay of one of the few surviving treasures of the trans-Himalayan movement tradition. These differing approaches to the visual and moving arts provide further insight into the unique experience of Buddhism in Bhutan. A brief sampling of the variety of extant dance lineages - some many centuries old - is included on the DVD contained within the catalogue."--Publisher's website.

The Sacred Arts of Bhutan

The Dragon's Gift

Zeshin Shibata

Mary Louise O'Brien

Martin Foulds

Survey of the works of lacquer master "discovered" by Western experts.

The Mr. and Mrs. James E. O'Brien Collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts

The Art of Shibata Zeshin

Honolulu Academy of Arts Journal

Christine Guth

Emiko Yamanashi

Alicia Volk

"Japan and Paris demonstrates the deep cross-cultural nature of art in Japan from about 1880 to 1930. Illustrated with masterpieces from Japanese collections by Matisse, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Corot, Cezanne, and Monet, it explores the history of collecting Western art in Japan and its influence on Japanese modern art. In particular, it addresses the development of Western-style modernist impulses as Japan's early interest in the Barbizon School extended to include modes of expression such as Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Symbolism, Cubism, and Fauvism. In addition to showcasing works by some of the best-known French and European painters, works by Japanese artists who were instrumental in the introduction of Western modes of expression to Japan are included, such as Kojima Zenzaburo, Kume Keiichiro, Maeda Kanji, Mitsutani Kunishiro, and Fujita Tsuguharu."

Impressionism, Postimpressionism, and the Modern Era

Japan & Paris

"The Samuel H. Kress Collection has long been recognized as one of America's most important privately owned collections of European art, especially in the province of Italian painting of the Renaissance ... From the point of view of the Academy itself, the extension of what has heretofore been a very limited representation of the art of the Italian Renaissance is of incalculable value."--Introduction, p. 5.

The Samuel H. Kress Collection in the Honolulu Academy of Arts

Honolulu Academy of Arts

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