Saturday 23 May 2009

Pandora's Boxes

Beware, once these Pandora's Boxes are opened, the contents come into their own lives and it requires a great deal to remove oneself from the borderline hysterical/ecstatic state of endless perusal (provided that you are also part of this group of bibliophiles, vintage aficionados, aesthetes with an addictive personality, and ardent devotees to all the artistic or visual delights).

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Flickr: The Commons
Mortimer Rare Book Exhibitions, at the Smith College Libraries & Collections
Staley+Wise Gallery: The Collection

Baika jô = The plum blossom album. (1808);
Artist: Okada, Baikan, 1773-1849

Ehon (Picture Books): The Artist and the Book in Japan
More than 1,000 images encompassing 1,200 years of Japanese book art, including Buddhist sutras, painted manuscripts, portraits, landscapes, calligraphic verse, and photographic books, with related drawings and woodblock prints.
[From: NYPL Digital Gallery]

Smörkullen at Gullmarsberg at Gullmarsfjorden (Gullmar Fjord).
Smörkullen på Gullmarsberg vid Gullmarsfjorden.
Parish (socken): Skredsvik
Province (landskap): Bohuslän
Municipality (kommun): Uddevalla
County (län): Västra Götaland
Photograph by: Carl Curman/ Date: 1880s/ Format: Albumen print
Persistent URL; Read more about the photo database (in English)
From The Swedish National Heritage Board's photostream, at Flickr: The Commons.

View on the Tokaido beyond Odowara, Hakoni Mountains in the distance ([187-]).
Photographer: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
From: Asia and the Pacific Rim in Early Prints and Photographs, NYPL Digital Gallery.

Matsushima Inland Sea (Three View) (189-?)
From: Album of photographs of Japan, NYPL Digital Gallery.

Chrysanthemum (189-?)
From: Album of photographs of Japan, NYPL Digital Gallery.

A Forest (187-?-188-?)
From: Album of photographs of Japan, NYPL Digital Gallery.

[Habitus Foeminarum Sinensium.] (1667);
alternative name: China monumentis
Author: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
From: Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis,... [NYPL Digital Gallery]

8 comments:

lune_blanc said...

Amazing links and pictures, I could easily spend hours on these sites. Of course I bookmarked them all. Thank you.

Angelina said...

I love your blog. I accidentally stumbled upon it and have now become a devoted follower. Your sentiments not only resonate completely with my own, but delight the senses in a way that is old and new at the same time. I find your blog entries not only pleasing to the eye but also lifting to the spirit. I live in Switzerland and was thinking that you would absolutely love two small collections with have here: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Bibliothèque et Musée as well as Baur Fondation, Museum of Far Eastern Art.

Angelina said...

I love your blog. I accidentally stumbled upon it and have now become a devoted follower. Your sentiments not only resonate completely with my own, but delight the senses in a way that is old and new at the same time. I find your blog entries not only pleasing to the eye but also lifting to the spirit. I live in Switzerland and was thinking that you would absolutely love two small collections with have here: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Bibliothèque et Musée as well as Baur Fondation, Museum of Far Eastern Art.

Anonymous said...

I love your blog. I accidentally stumbled upon it and have now become a devoted follower. Your sentiments not only resonate completely with my own, but delight the senses in a way that is old and new at the same time. I find your blog entries not only pleasing to the eye but also lifting to the spirit. I live in Switzerland and was thinking that you would absolutely love two small collections with have here: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Bibliothèque et Musée as well as Baur Fondation, Museum of Far Eastern Art.

Anonymous said...

I love your blog. I accidentally stumbled upon it and have now become a devoted follower. Your sentiments not only resonate completely with my own, but delight the senses in a way that is old and new at the same time. I find your blog entries not only pleasing to the eye but also lifting to the spirit. I live in Switzerland and was thinking that you would absolutely love two small collections with have here: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Bibliothèque et Musée as well as Baur Fondation, Museum of Far Eastern Art.

Poesis said...

Dear Angelina,

Your beautiful comment has absolutely made my day! I started this little blog as a way of recording the many inspirations I encounter daily, and to create a space for everythnig I love. It makes me really happy when people appreciate and share my passion.

Thank you for your kind comment, and also for introducing me to these two treasure troves. Cannot wait to visit them... I'm currently based in Asia but do travel to Europe a lot. I would LOVE to go to the Chinese ceramics exhibition at Baur Fondation, and of course the library at Fondation Martin Bodmer!

Ting-Jen

Anonymous said...

This is a really lovely blogspot. I found it by accident so I'm passing it on to friends and family. Thankyou so much for making such a beautiful space ~

Poesis said...

Thank you so very much for your nice comment! I'm glad you came across my little space, and even more so, that you enjoyed it. Thank you also for introducing my blog to your friends/family. I appreciate your kind comment more than I can say - it has completely made my day! ♥ :)

Best wishes,
Ting-Jen

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