Posted on September 23, 2009 by Tao
NLC Image Collection 中国国家图书馆特色资源(图片频道).
Based on the rich visual resources in the National Library of China, this resource provides access to:
1. 7,532 images of oracle bones;
2. 8,051 images of oracle bone rubbings;
3. 30,234 images of stone and bronze rubbings;
4. 678 images of New Year paintings;
5. about 5000 images of Tangut (Western Xia) documents;
6. Cataloging records of [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2009 by Tao
Korean Art History Connection.
Maintained by faculty and students at Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea, the Korean Art History Connection provides online searchable bibliographies on art history: history of sculpture, history of painting, and history of craft. The works covered are written in Korean.
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Posted on September 12, 2009 by Tao
Taiwan Art Exhibition (1927-1943) Database 台灣美術展覽會資料庫.
Led by Dr. Yen Chuan-ying 顏娟英 of Academia Sinica, this project includes images and sources about 16 Taiwan art exhibitions from 1927 to 1943 and 2144 artworks, in addition to the information about the artists. These exhibitions took place when Taiwan was under the Japanese colonial rule.
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Posted on September 11, 2009 by Tao
Peace Database 平和データベース.
Developed by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, this database provides a variety of resources related to the atomic bombs and peace, including texts, audios, images, and anime.
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Posted on September 6, 2009 by Tao
oldings Information of Chinese Paintings 中国絵画所在情報データベース.
Based on the Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku 中國繪畫總合圖錄 and its supplement compiled by the Institute of Oriental Cultures, University of Tokyo, this database provides information on pre-18th century Chinese paintings in the museum and private collections around the world (possibly with the exception of the Palace Museum in Taiwan).
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Posted on September 6, 2009 by Tao
Japanese Bibliography for the Study of the History of East Asian Paintings 東アジア絵画史研究文献目録.
Developed at the Institute of Oriental Cultures, University of Tokyo, this resource covers Japanese publications on Chinese and Korean paintings. It provides citation information on monographs, exhibition catalogs, and articles. The part on the Chinese paintings prior to Song dynasty is still in [...]
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Posted on August 22, 2009 by Tao
Catalog of Chosen Tsushinshi Materials 朝鮮通信使関係資料目録(データベース版).
Based on a print catalog that Hiroshi Nakao compiled, the online searchable catalog was developed by Naoki Mizuno (Kyoto U.). It provides descriptions and holding information for 898 art objects and 939 books/documents that Korean delegates brought to Japan in the period of 17th-19th century.
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by Tao
Digital Archives of Bronze Images and Inscriptions 殷周金文暨青銅器資料庫.
Developed by the Academia Sinica.
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Posted on June 18, 2009 by Tao
JAANUS – Japanese Architecture and Art Users System.
Compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent, this “dictionary contains approximately 8000 terms related to traditional Japanese architecture and gardens, painting, sculpture and art-historical iconography from approximately the 1st century A.D. to the end of the Edo period (1868). Terms from related fields such as lacquer, ceramics, textiles and [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2009 by Tao
Art Libaries’ Consortium (ALC) OPAC 美術図書館横断検索.
“It is cross-search service of OPACs from Art Libraries’ Consortium in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.” – Hideyuki Morimoto (Columbia U.)
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