The Three Perfections: Japanese Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting

$65.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A Met Museum publication makes the perfect gift. By John T. Carpenter With Tim T. Zhang In East Asian cultures, the integration of poetry, painting, and calligraphy, known as the "Three Perfections," is considered the apex of artistic expression. This sumptuous book explores 1,000 years of Japanese art through more than 100 works—hanging scrolls, folding screens, handscrolls, and albums—from the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. John T. Carpenter provides an engaging history…