{"title":"Chinese Painting from the May Fourth Movement to the First National Art Exhibition (1919 – 1929)","authors":"Anna Izabela Król","doi":"10.15804/aoto201508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121892631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polish artist at the service of Maharajas","authors":"Agnieszka J. Kasprzak","doi":"10.15804/aoto201407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123500766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glimpses into the history, design and construction of St. Andrew’s Kirk, Madras","authors":"Roshini Roy Festus","doi":"10.15804/aoto202207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto202207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114523303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shini-e, japońska forma upamiętnienia wybitnych artystów","authors":"Katarzyna Paczuska","doi":"10.15804/aoto201205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201205","url":null,"abstract":"The Regional Museum of Toruń has in its Far East Collection a woodblock print – a portrait of kabuki actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V by Utagawa Kunisada. This print falls into the shini-e (“death print”) category, commemorating the death of an actor, artist, or musician. The vast majority of shini-e depicted actors. Typical shini-e portrayed memorialized persons in blue court robes called shini sōzoku (“death dresses”) or ceremonial attire called mizu kamishimo. Many of these prints included the dates of death, age, posthumous Buddhist name (kaimyō), and temple burial site, while some had death poems (jisei) by the deceased or memorial poems written by family, friends, colleagues, or fans. A term used at least by the 1850s. The first datable single-sheet shini-e were probably issued in the 1790s, although ehon (“picture books”) commemorating the deaths of celebrated actors appeared as early as 1709, and more regularly by the 1770s. The shini-e genre appears to have nearly disappeared by the beginning of the 20th century and with the rise of other media such as photography and lithography, shini-e were no longer viable options for memorializing actors and artists. Only a small handful of examples are known from the 1910s–1920s. Matsumoto Kōshirō V was the one of many kabuki actors, who were display on shini-e. Besides actors, the ukiyo-e artist where also portrayed on commemorate prints.","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121837013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Presentation of Hayle Sillasie in photographs from imperial era Ethiopian books","authors":"Hanna Rubinkowska-Anioł","doi":"10.15804/aoto201415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201415","url":null,"abstract":"he aim of this article is to show how the presentation of the Emperor in photographs published in books during the imperial era conveyed a message of power. In the article the use of traditional symbols from Ethiopian paintings as well as new influences will be taken into consideration. Publishing in Ethiopia was one means of spreading education and introducing modernity – two aims perceived by Hayle Sillasie to be among the most important tasks of the state. The Emperor was also aware of the opportunities provided by the printed word and by pictures for conveying a message of power. Apart from written texts, every single detail of the books published in Ethiopia under Hayle Sillasie’s rule was thoroughly and precisely designed and served a specific purpose. The appearance of the books, the way of conveying bibliographical information within a book, the design of the title pages and so on, were employed to convey a specific message, one which emphasised Hayle Sillasie’s right to rule the country, his power and his political program.1) In this respect, a special role was played by photography, and especially by the portraits of His Majesty himself and other members of the royal family. Such portraits were published within the editorial pages of most Ethiopian books. In this article, analysis will be limited to the information concerning power conveyed by the images of Hayle Sillasie I in the opening pages of Ethiopian books.","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124120252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mandarin squares as a form of rank badge and decoration of Chinese robes","authors":"Katarzyna Zapolska","doi":"10.15804/aoto201404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201404","url":null,"abstract":"umerous museums in Poland and abroad as well as private collections include a great number of items called mandarin squares1). These are woven or embroidered badges2) used as rank badges on robes belonging to civil officials, advisers and other dignitaries in the courts of the Chinese emperors. They were used from the beginning of the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644) to the end of the Qing dynasty (1644 – 1911)3). A rigorous examination system was the way to receive a suitable civil or military rank. It was only after passing the examination that one could wear a given badge. The highest of them was the first rank and the lowest – the ninth4). Young boys started training at the age of three. Some men spent their whole lives trying to qualify for a mandarin badge, which was a symbol of great devotion. Mandarin squares are more than the symbol of a certain difficult-to-obtain status5). They depict the Chinese universe – the earth, the sea and the sky, represented by rocks, waves, clouds and animals or birds, used as the symbols of particular ranks6). Civil officials received badges with the images of birds and military officials – with the images","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114443433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"O roli krisów w kulturze Indonezji i teoriach dotyczących ich powstania","authors":"Krzysztof Morawski","doi":"10.15804/aoto201211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201211","url":null,"abstract":"As the dagger kris is bound with many beliefs, myths, rituals and customs that are typical of Nusantara (Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines), it belongs to the symbols of the region. The kris is present on the majority of bigger islands of the Malay Archipelago and has many regional versions. It has a double-edged blade, straight or wavy, and dissymmetrical in the upper part. On both flats of the blade there is a bright, decorative pattern called the pamor (it contains some nickel), which is produced in a process similar to damascening. The hilt is figural or geometrical or sometimes of plant form and is often decorated with a relief. The hilts and sheaths are made of lacquered wood, and now and then of other materials (e.g. ivory or bone). Additionally, there are covers and rings of precious metals or alloys that are often set with precious stones or glass. It was believed that magical forces (ascribed to the kris) are sealed within in it during the ceremony of consecration by the smith empu. Also, the process of making the kris is treated as a sacred act. Believing in the magical powers of the kris originates from animism, i.e. from the epoch former to the Indic influence (from about the 4th century AD), which brought Buddhism and Hinduism to Indonesia. Elements of the animistic belief has remained there despite the coming of Islam to Java by the 16th century. The kris used to be transferred from father to son and it has belonged to the pusaka (Javanese: “heritage”) along with other weaponry, instruments of the traditional orchestra gamelan (gongs included), jewelry, textiles, old sculptures and porcelain. Apart from its role as a weapon (this role disappeared first), the kris has been a symbol of social status, an element of a man’s ceremonial costume, a talisman, and a ritual subject. It has existed in its fully developed form at least since the 14th century, and in the 2nd half of that century it spread to nearly all the Malaya Archipelago. It was supposed that the kris came from Java, or - according to other versions - China, Southeast Asia or India. There were theories that it had developed from a ray’s sting or from a spearhead. Nowadays one accepts the G.C. Woolley theory from 1947 that the kris traces its origin back to the small kris-talisman called sajen or Majapahit kris. Next, according to the new theory by A. Maisey (from the 1990ies), it was a big war-kris called buda that gave rise to the contemporary kris. Nevertheless, there is an idea that the kris may have originated as a fusion of both types, because it unites their features within itself.","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123453083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gyanyin goddess: two bronze figures – two different stories","authors":"E. Kajdański","doi":"10.15804/aoto201402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201402","url":null,"abstract":"he first of these stories is connected with the name of Kazimierz Grochowski (1873 – 1937), the forgotten Polish geologist, archeologist, traveller and writer, to whom I owe my long-standing interest in the history of East Asia. He was a director of the Polish Gymnasium in Harbin (North-East China, Manchuria at that time) where I was born and where I received my secondary and high-school education. Grochowski also used to teach us the history and geography of the Far East and was a patron of our Polish Oriental Circle (Polskie Koło Wschodoznawcze), which he established in the frame of his educational work. I would like to recall a short outline of his biography. As a student in Lwow, he took part in anti-Russian activities and under the threat of arrest was forced to escape to Cracow (then under the Austrian annexation) and finally moved to Leoben and Freiberg where he received his higher education and a title of mining engineer. He came to Vladivostok in 1906 and started his professional career in the Trans-Ussurian Territory (Ussurijskij Kraj) and on Sakhalin Island. As a gold prospector in an international enterprise – The Upper Amur Gold Mining Co., he made four great expeditions in 1910 – 1914 across the little known regions of East Siberia (which belonged to China before 1860)1). Grochowski took part in numerous geological and archeological expeditions in Mongolia (1914 – 1916), in Uriankhai (present day Tuva, 1917 – 1918) and in the North-East China (1920 – 1934). After the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, he settled in Harbin and in the following years undertook a series of geological and archeological expeditions to the most remote regions of Manchuria. He died in Harbin in 1937 after a two year sojourn in Poland.","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127385970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functions of spolia in Umayyad architecture","authors":"A. Lic","doi":"10.15804/aoto201301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto201301","url":null,"abstract":"with the military context and functioned in expressions such as “spoils of war”. In the area of art history, however, spolia are architectonic elements, both constructive and decorative, which were reused in architectonic context which differed from their original purpose.^ In the area of early Chris tian, Byzantine and early Medieval art history, the issue of spolia seems to have been considered by scholars as highly intriguing. Some different interpretations of the use of spolia were discussed; not only the pragmatical or economical, but also the aesthetic, symbolic and ideological aspects of this issue were covered.* 3 4 5 The problem of the lack of sources concerning the original theory of reusing architectural elements was also stressed.3 On the contrary, the historians of early Islamic art paid little attention to this problem. Spolia are usually only mentioned in monographic publications and are not the subjects of any deeper investiga tion.3 An interesting exception is a study of the Great Mosque of Damascus by Finbarr Barry Flood, in which the scholar conducted a brief but multifaceted analysis of the marble columns that had been reused in the building.3 In this","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128936154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revising the tiger.The case of the instrument of Tipu Sultan in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the discussion on contested heritage","authors":"Magdalena Guziejko","doi":"10.15804/aoto202208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto202208","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":240161,"journal":{"name":"Art of the Orient","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126696973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}