Chinese jade of five centuries / Joan M. Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartman, Joan M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jade art objects--China.

Jade art objects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (906 p.)

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vermont : C.E. Tuttle Company, [1969]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chinese Jade of Five Centuries was originally published in print form by Tuttle Publishing in 1969.In Chinese Jade of Five Centuries, Mrs Hartman provides an encompassing look at one of the minor arts which must be considered vital to a judgement of artistic achievements of any civilization.Magnificently illustrated with 45 black and white photographs and 10 color plates, the book displays many museum examples which have not been previously published for general readership. Written for the layman, the text should satisfy the more discerning and knowledgeable

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Author's Dedication; Editor's Acknowledgements; Introduction; INTRODUCING INDONESIA; DIVING IN INDONESIA: Fantastic Diving, but Kafkaesque Transport; REEF ECOLOGY: Coral Growth and the Formation of Reefs; FEATURE: Zooxanthellae and Corals; FEATURE: Trepang Fishing; FEATURE: Biak Fish Bomb Industry; MAP: Padaido Islands; MARINE LIFE: The Varied Inhabitants of Indonesia's Reefs; FEATURE: Discovering New Species; FEATURE: Clownfish and their Sea Anemone Hosts; FEATURE: Ciguatera Poisoning; Java; INTRODUCTION; MAP: Java; WEST JAVA: Diving Krakatau and Ujung Kulon Park

MAP: West JavaPULAU-PULAU SERIBU: Diving on Java's 'Thousand Islands'; MAP: Pulau-Pulau Seribu; BINTAN: Good, Shallow Diving Close to Singapore; MAP: Bintan; Bali; INTRODUCTION; MAP: Bali; DIVING IN BALI: Splendid Wreck, Fine Walls and Varied Sites; NUSA DUA AND SANUR: Convenient and Undemanding Dives; MAP: Nusa Dua & Sanur; NUSA PENIDA: Abundant Pelagics, Some Fierce Currents; MAP: Nusa Penida; FEATURE: Wally Siagian, The Best Dive Guide in Bali; PADANG BAI: Fair Diving Along the Coast of Amuk Bay; MAP: Amuk Bay; CANDI DASA: Swirling with the Fish in Tepekong's Canyon

CEMELUK: Outstanding Variety of Fishes and CoralsMAP: Cemeluk; TULAMBEN: The Liberty Wreck, Bali's Most-visited Site; MAP: Tulamben; FEATURE: Enoplometopus debelius: A Reef Lobster of One's Own; PEMUTERAN: Good Diving and Comfortable Resorts; MAP: Pemuteran; MENJANGAN: Clear Water off Bali's Distant 'Deer' Island; MAP: Menjangan Island; KANGEAN ISLANDS: Exploratory Dives on Islands North of Bali; MAP: Kangean Islands; LIVE-ABOARDS: Exciting Runs to Points East; MAP: Taka Bonerate; Nusa Tenggara; INTRODUCTION; MAP: Nusa Tenggara; THE GILI ISLANDS: Diving on Lombok's Three Islands Resort

MAP: Gili IslandsKOMODO: Little-Explored Reefs around Dragon Island; MAP: Komodo; MAUMERE: Diving North Floras After the Earthquake; MAP: Maumere Bay; FEATURE: Rudie Kuiter; Photographer and Author; SUMBA: A Rich Sea Mound Swarming with Sharks; MAP: Magic Mountain; KUPANG: Big Fish, Top Service, and Great Night Dives; MAP: Kupang Bay; ROTI: Manta Rays and still Little-Explored Diving; MAP: West Roti; ALOR: Eastern Indonesia's Dream Dive Sites; MAP: Alor; Sulawesi; INTRODUCTION; MAP: Sulawesi; MANADO: World-Class Walls and Outstanding Fish Life; MAP: Manado Bay

BANGKA: Good Diving and a Fine Boat Ride NorthBITUNG: Diving the Rich Waters of the Lembeh Strait; MAP: Lembeh Strait; MAP: Sangihe-Talaud; SERENADE: Diving the Ring of Fire in Sangihe-Talaud; SOUTH AND CENTRAL SULAWESI: Atolls, Wrecks and a Diversity of Corals; MAP: Ujung Pandang; MAP: Southern Sulawesi; SANGALAKI: Mantas, Turtles, and a Strange Jellyfish Lake; MAP: Sangalaki; FEATURE: Kakaban: A Biological Paradise; Maluku; INTRODUCTION; MAP: Maluku; AMBON AND LEASE: Fine Diving in the Central Moluccas; MAP: Lease Islands; MAP: Ameth; BANDA ISLANDS: Pristine Reefs and Many Pelagic Fish

MAP: Banda Islands

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-0962-0

OCLC:

817873871