Leírás
The studies in Part 1 discuss Ferenc Hopp and his era:
Györgyi Fajcsák offers a summary of the perception of the Far East in the period of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary and the key specificities of collecting Oriental rtefacts in Hungary.
Mária Ferenczy describes Hopp Ferenc’s career on the basis of the available written and visual sources.
András Nádasi outlines the history of the Calderoni company (the company that covered the expenses of collecting and travelling) and the history of the manufacturing of school equipment and instruments in Hungary.
Béla Kelényi guides the reader with the pictures displayed in the shop window of the shop of the Calderoni Company that used to stand in Váci Street, Budapest.
Károly Kincses in his study entitled “Hopp, the photographer” presents Ferenc Hopp as a Hungarian trader of tools of photography and an enthusiastic photographer.
János Kubassek gives an insight into Hopp Ferenc’s attitude to geography.
Eszter Gábor in her study “The Knorr, later Hopp villa at 103 Andrássy Street – the building” summarises the history of the building of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts.
Béla Kelényi in his study entitled A Hungarian mudra discusses the efforts made by later generations to construct Hopp’s tomb and commemorate him.
Part 2 deals with Ferenc Hopp’s collections.
The studies enlist the Japanese, Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian artefacts and analyse their composition, while shedding light on certain characteristics of contemporary art trade and collecting Oriental artefacts.
Paraméterek
ISBN | 9789638754868 |
Borító | Soft cover |
Kiadás éve | 2008 |
Kiadó | Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, Budapest |
Múzeumi kollekciók | Hopp Ferenc Múzeum |
Nyelv | English |
Oldalszám és illusztrációk | 59 pages with ample illustrations; with a DVD with colour illustrations |
Szerkesztő(k) | Györgyi Fajcsák, Zsuzsanna Renner |