Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Collection Highlights

“Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Collection Highlights” is an essential resource for museum visitors as well as an enlightening read for anyone interested in Asian art. Stunning photographs reveal telling details of 230 works from across Asia, while texts by museum curators as well as artists, educators, and collectors offer fresh perspectives on both ancient and contemporary art.

Every year, thousands of visitors flock to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the largest museum devoted exclusively to the arts of Asia in the United States. Featuring more than 18,000 artworks, the museum's world-class collection highlights the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture.

This book presents two hundred and thirty exemplary works spanning both ancient and modern times. Among its many treasures, readers will find a Japanese clay jar from 3000-2000 BCE, a Chinese bronze Buddha dating to 338, a seventeenth-century Indian painting from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), a mid-twentieth-century Korean wrapping cloth, and a new Thai work made from textile, window mesh, safety pins, and amulets.

A collaboration between museum curators, artists, educators, and collectors, the book also takes an in-depth look at fourteen masterpieces selected for their beauty, rarity, and historical importance. Stunning full-color photographs and new texts―including a foreword by museum director Ja Xu―offer fresh perspectives on both ancient and contemporary objects. A handsome addition to any art history collection, this volume is an essential resource for museum visitors as well as anyone interested in Asian art.

“Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Collection Highlights” is generously supported by Ann Tanenbaum in memory of Mary M. Tanenbaum.

• Published iby the Asian Art Museum Foundation
• Paperback
• 336 Pages
• 6.75 x 1 x 9.5 inches
• 2.4 pounds