Charles Lang Freer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3443306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Lang Freer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles Lang |
| FAMILY NAME | Freer |
| SIGNATURE | FREER C L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1870 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Mikado's Empire
A respected authority on Japan, William Elliot Griffis (1843–1928) did much to foster understanding between the United States and Japan in the late nineteenth century. This was his most popular work on the subject. It is arranged in two sections, with maps and illustrations throughout. The first part is a detailed history of Japan from 660 BCE, covering factual events as well as mythological elements of the Japanese past. This is followed by a pe…
With kindest regards: The correspondence of Charles Lang Freer and James McNeill Whistler, 1890-1903
A hundred and seventy Chinese poems
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Catalogue of the Le Blond collection of Corean pottery
1. Earthenware of the Silla dynasty. Brown-glazed wares
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
Studies in Japanese Buddhism
Catalogue of an exhibition of early Chinese pottery and sculpture
The Si-hia language: A study in Indo-Chinese philology
After you have travelled thirty days through the Desert, as Ihave described, you come to a city called Sachiu, lying between north-east and east; it belongs to the Great Kaan, and is in a province called Tangut.The people are for the most part Idolaters, but there are also some Nestorian Christians and some Saracens.The Idolaters have a peculiar language, and are no traders, but live by their agriculture."Thus Marco Pozo opens his chapter on the …
The Nestorian monument in China
Lyrics from the Chinese
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913
A survey of the Japanese question in California
Confucius and his portraits
Taoist teachings from the book of Lieh Tzǔ
THE object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one.They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding between East and West-the old world of Thought and the new of Action.In this endeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but followers of the highest example in the land.They are confident that a deeper knowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Orie…
The flight of the dragon: An essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources
To sweep the mind clear of prejudice and pre¬ occupation is an essential condition of appre¬ hending beauty as it really is.As an old Chinese artist complained, " People look at pictures with their ears rather than with their eyes."Not only their conscious criticisms, but the impres¬ sions they allow themselves to emphasise and single out, imply a theory, however imperfectly articulated.It is important, therefore, that the theory implied should b…
Three essays on Oriental painting
A lute of jade: Being selections from the classical poets of China
HE object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one.They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding between East and West-the old world of Thought and the new of Action.In this endeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but followers of the highest example in the land.They are confident that a deeper knowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Orien…
Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale
Painting in the Far East: An introduction to the history of pictorial art in Asia, especially China and Japan
I am indebted for
The relations of the Chinese to the Philippine Islands
a ribbon tied in a bow-knot over their
Ancient Khotan: Detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Sermons of a Buddhist abbot: Addresses on religious subjects
Arts and crafts of old Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
The opening of Tibet: An account of Lhasa and the country and people of central Tibet and of the progress of the mission sent there by the English government in the year 1903-4
Appendix C: The present condition and government of Tibet, by Captain W. F. T. O'Connor: p. 435-451.
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
chasers -Red a difficult Colour -Cabbages -A Chattering Magpie -Cats to frighten Rats -Picture from Spilt Ink -"Flinging Ink" 一 Learning from Books instead of from Nature -Chrysanthemums and their Souls -Portraiture and Physiognomy -Study of Nature -The jfu I -An Eclectic Copyist -Imitations -Cured by a Picture -Portraits of 300 Graduates 一 Capture of Brigands by Portraits -Birds and how to paint them -Woodcuts 一 How to paint a One-eyed Man -Art …
The ideals of the East: With special reference to the art of Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Hand-book for the student of Chinese Buddhism
The Chinese reader's manual: A handbook of biographical, historical, mythological, and general literary reference
Introduction to the study of the Chinese characters
The dragon, image, and demon: Or, The three religions of China, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism : giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Descriptive and historical catalogue of a collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings in the British Museum.: By William Anderson, … Printed by order of the trustees
Hand-book of Chinese Buddhism: Being a Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary, with vocabularies of Buddhist terms in Pali, Singhalese, Siamese, Burmesi, Tibetan, Mongolian and Japanese
A handbook for travellers in Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697
The eighteen lohan of Chinese Buddhist temples
The Persian lustre vase in the Imperial Hermitage at St. Petersburg, and some fragments of lustre vases found near Cairo at Fostât
Plate V.These fragments were all discovered by the author in the Cairo mounds at Fostat during the winter of 1896.'LV LSOs
A history of Japanese literature
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
A history of Chinese literature
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Virginia and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Abydos
Sand-buried ruins of Khotan: Personal narrative of a journey of archaeological & geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan
The ideals of the East with special reference to the art of Japan
An artist's letters from Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Chinese art
The awakening of Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
The opening of Tibet: An account of Lhasa and the country and people of central Tibet and of the progress of the mission sent there by the English government in the year 1903-4
Appendix C: The present condition and government of Tibet, by Captain W. F. T. O'Connor: p. 435-451.
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
chasers -Red a difficult Colour -Cabbages -A Chattering Magpie -Cats to frighten Rats -Picture from Spilt Ink -"Flinging Ink" 一 Learning from Books instead of from Nature -Chrysanthemums and their Souls -Portraiture and Physiognomy -Study of Nature -The jfu I -An Eclectic Copyist -Imitations -Cured by a Picture -Portraits of 300 Graduates 一 Capture of Brigands by Portraits -Birds and how to paint them -Woodcuts 一 How to paint a One-eyed Man -Art …
The ideals of the East: With special reference to the art of Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Sermons of a Buddhist abbot: Addresses on religious subjects
Arts and crafts of old Japan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
The relations of the Chinese to the Philippine Islands
a ribbon tied in a bow-knot over their
Ancient Khotan: Detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
History (30 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (23 works) · Art (20 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Japanese History and Culture (12 works) · Art history (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Ancient history (8 works) · Visual arts (7 works)