02528nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10386634 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070802s2008 hiuab sb s001 0 eng 2007031696 9780824830632 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0824830636 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)259711783 a------ NK1037 .W43 2008eb 709.5 22 What's the use of art? [electronic resource] : Asian visual and material culture in context / Jan Mr�azek and Morgan Pitelka, editors. Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2008. 313 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Wrapping and unwrapping art / Morgan Pitelka -- Functions -- From the living rock: understanding figural representation in early South Asia / Robert Decaroli -- Disposable but indispensable: the earthenware vessel as vehicle of meaning in Japan / Louise Allison Cort -- From the wedding chamber to the museum: relocating the ritual arts of Madhubani / Richard H. Davis -- In the realm of the indigo queen: dyeing, exchange magic, and the elusive tourist dollar on Sumba / Janet Hoskins -- Movements -- Plunder, markets, and museums: the biographies of Chinese imperial objects in Europe and North America / James L. Hevia -- Situating moving objects: a Sino-Japanese catalogue of imported items, 800 CE to the present / Cynthea J. Bogel -- Memories -- Angkor revisited: the state of statuary / Ashley Thompson -- An ancestral keris, Balinese kingship, and a modern presidency / Lene Pedersen -- Raw ingredients and deposit boxes in Balinese sanctuaries: a congruence of obsessions / Kaja M. McGowan -- Conclusion -- Ways of experiencing art: art history, television, and Javanese wayang / Jan Mr�azek -- Contributors. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Art objects, Asian. Material culture Asia. Antiques Asia. Electronic books. local Mr�azek, Jan. Pitelka, Morgan, 1972- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386634 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 205270 205270