Comments for Asian Art Museum Blog

Comment on The Other Shanghai: a sea voyage the hard way by Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:49:22 +0000

When I read Jack London’s “The Sea Wolf,” I had no idea that it portrayed the reality of sailing at the time. I think that I prefer today’s cozy version to the reality of 19th century sailing. But, as grim as it was for the ordinary sailor, it was even more grim for the legions of Chinese and Japanese who came over to work in the gold mines and fields of both California and Hawaii. Then, there is the tragic and gruesome story of the women who ended up in the cribs in Maiden Lane. Truly, while looking at the past is fascinating and colorful, I would not have wanted to live there.

Comment on Wearable Art by Thuriya

Thuriya — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:35:55 +0000

Can you please make more of these Burmese court costumes and make a video of how to make them. i really want to make one for myself for a theatrical play

Comment on UPDATED A Rediscovered Treasure? by Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:42:17 +0000

What a great idea for a book – mysteries of the Asian Museum. What tales the Buddha could tell us, if he could only speak. Only the museum knows…stay tuned for next week’s episode, “At the Asian…”

Comment on UPDATED A Rediscovered Treasure? by nico

nico — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:36:36 +0000

I do love an art cliffhanger!

Comment on Celebrate India by Erica

Erica — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:23:12 +0000

I have only leafed through Sanjay Patel’s Ramayana, but it’s definitely coming home with me soon. His Hindu Deities book is a a favorite of mine both for its language and its design.

Comment on UPDATED A Rediscovered Treasure? by Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:39:34 +0000

Can you tell more about the stele by the style of writing on the back? I understand that “handwriting” varied from era to era and place to place. Is the language Chinese or something else? I look forward to your next post on this topic.

Comment on Celebrate India by shruti914

shruti914 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:03:06 +0000

Here are the details for the Chitresh Das Dance Company performance! Be sure to RSVP on this page: http://bit.ly/cFSRkI

Comment on Making a samurai sword by Thedragonsedge

Thedragonsedge — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:27:09 +0000

Good choice of video. I found this on You tube a while ago before coming to this site. I even included it onto my own site because it demonstrates the skill involved in make a katana sword.

Comment on A little holiday travel cheer by nico

nico — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:27:51 +0000

Hello there, you can always visit the gallery on the third floor of the museum, or barring that, there's always the catalog.

Comment on Sneak Peek: Bali in Amsterdam by blog.rightreading.com » 1616: The plan

blog.rightreading.com » 1616: The plan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:24:56 +0000

[...] The publisher accepted the book on the basis of the preface, prologue, first two chapters, and a part of the third. That means I still have about 5/8ths or more of the book still to write. Above is the table of contents spread as it stands now. The trim size, which I suggested, is 7.25 x 10 inches. I didn’t want it to be so big that it seemed like an art book, but I wanted it to be bigger than the standard significant trade title, which is often around 6 x 9 or 6.25 x 9.25. There are a lot of images in my book, and a lot of material in the form of sidenotes (a favorite element, which I am also using extensively in the Bali catalogue I’m currently designing for the Asian Art Museum). [...]