''Artibus Asiae'' is a biannual

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specialising in the

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s and

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of Asia. Along with the '' Ostasiatische Zeitschrift'' (founded in 1912) it was one of the most successful journals in its field in the German-speaking part of Europe. The first number of ''Artibus Asiae'' appeared in 1925. While earlier issues contained articles in German, French and English, today's contributions are mainly in English. ''Artibus Asiae'' is owned and published by the

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. ''Artibus Asiae'' also published occasional monographs since 1937.

History

The first volume of the journal was published by the Avalun-Verlag Hellerau-Dresden in 1925 and was edited by Carl Hentze (1883–1975) and Alfred Salmony (1890–1958). The early volumes appeared in four issues each, up to vol. 59. All subsequent volumes were published in two parts. The typographer, publisher and later

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Richard Hadl (1876–1944) had worked for the

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-based publisher ''Drugulin'' as a director since 1922. ''Drugulin'' was one of the leading publishing houses and known for their wide array of unusual typesets. Hadl established his own publishing house, "Offizin Richard Hadl", in 1926. and published five volumes of the journal ''Artibus Asiae''. During the

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all publishing activities were moved to

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and the journal would only appear irregularly. Vol. 8 no. 1 was the first issue to be published in Switzerland, printed by the ''Kommissionsverlag Braus Riggenbach'' in

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. All further volumes were published by ''Artibus Asiae'' in Ascona, where Hadl and his co-worker and publisher, Luise C. Tarabori-Flesch from

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had settled in 1938/39. After Hadl had died in 1944, Miss Flesch kept the journal afloat on her own until 1946, when Alfred Salmony became editor-in-chief. Salmony edited the journal until his death in 1958. ''Artibus Asiaes link to the current owner, the

, was established through the museums's former director

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, who edited an issue (vol. 20 no. 1, 1957) to commemorate the founding donor of the Museum Rietberg,

Eduard von der Heydt Eduard Freiherr von der Heydt (September 26, 1882 – April 3, 1964) was a German and Swiss banker, art collector and patron. Biography He was born in Elberfeld, Germany, and died in Ascona, Switzerland. Heydt served in the Imperial German A ...

. In 1985 (from vol. 46 on), the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation started to sponsor the journal. The

was granted a special publication endowment in 1991 (vol. 51) and it henceforth became the owner of both the journal and the monograph series.

Editors

The following persons have served as editors-in-chief of ''Artibus Asiae'':

Artibus Asiae monographs

Longer articles submitted to ''Artibus Asiae'' were often split into parts and published in several numbers of the journal. ''Artibus Asiae'' started to publish monographs on selected topics in 1937 to allow more lengthy contributions to the field. They are conceived as a supplemental series to the journal and present a broad range of lavishly illustrated studies. Early monographs were on topics only remotely related to the arts, such as publications on the Tibetan grammar books Sum cu pa and Rtags kyi ‘ajug or on Chinese literature.Wolfram Eberhard, ''Die Chinesische Novelle des 17.-19. Jahrhunderts: Eine Soziologische Untersuchung'', Artibus Asiae Supplementum vol. 9, 1938

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.artibusasiae.com Academic journals established in 1925 Visual art journals Art history journals Asian studies Biannual journals English-language journals