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Soper, Alexander Coburn

(Chicago 1904-1993 Rosemont, Penn.) : Professor of Oriental Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Subjects

Art : General / Index of Names : Occident / Sinology and Asian Studies : United States of America

Chronology Entries (11)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1925 Alexander Coburn Soper erhält den B.A. des Hamilton College.
  • Document: Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). (Sop3, Publication)
2 1925-1929 Alexander Coburn Soper studiert Architektur an der Princeton University.
  • Document: In memoriam Alexander Coburn Soper 1904-1993. (New York, N.Y. : New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1993). (Sop1, Publication)
3 1929 Alexander Coburn Soper erhält den M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) in Architecture der School of Architecture, Princeton University.
  • Document: Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). (Sop3, Publication)
4 1932-1933 Alexander Coburn Soper studiert Chinesisch, chinesische Literatur, Kunst und History of the Development of Ancient Chinese Civilization an der Columbia University.
  • Document: Columbia University und Archiv (CU, Publication)
5 1935-1938 Alexander Coburn Soper studiert buddhistische japanische Architektur in Kyoto.
  • Document: Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). (Sop3, Publication)
6 1939-1941 Alexander Coburn Soper ist Professor of the History of Art am Bryn Mawr College.
7 1941-1946 Alexander Coburn Soper dient im Zweiten Weltkrieg im United States als Japanese Language Officer im United States Marine Corps.
8 1944 Alexander Coburn Soper promoviert in History of Asian Art an der Princeton University.
  • Document: Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). (Sop3, Publication)
9 1946-1959 ? Alexander Coburn Soper ist Professor of the History of Art am Bryn Mawr College.
  • Document: Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). (Sop3, Publication)
10 1958-1993 Alexander Coburn Soper ist Herausgeber von Artibus Asiae.
  • Document: In memoriam Alexander Coburn Soper 1904-1993. (New York, N.Y. : New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1993). (Sop1, Publication)
11 1960-1993 Alexander Coburn Soper ist Professor of Oriental Art am Institute of Fine Arts der New York University.
  • Document: Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). (Sop3, Publication)

Bibliography (10)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1947 Soper, Alexander Coburn. Four columns from a Chinese temple. (Honolulu, Hawaii : Trustees of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1947). (Honolulu Academy of Arts special studies ; vol. 1). [Buddhistische Plastik Ming-Zeit]. Publication / Sop8
2 1951 Guo, Ruoxu. Experiences in painting (Tu hua jian wen zhi) : an eleventh century history of Chinese painting, together with the Chinese text in facsimile. Transl. and annotated by Alexander Coburn Soper. (Washington D.C. : American Council of Learned Societies, 1951). (Studies in Chinese and related civilizations ; no 6). Publication / Sop12
3 1956 Sickman, Laurence ; Soper, Alexander. The art and architecture of China. (Baltimore : Penguin Books, 1956). [2nd ed. with additions 1968]. Publication / Sop10
4 1959 Soper, Alexander Coburn. Literary evidence for early buddhist art in China. (Ascona : Artibus Asiae, 1959). (Artibus Asiae. Supplementum ; 19). Publication / Sop6
5 1960 Soper, Alexander. South Chinese influence on the Buddhist art of the Six dynasties period. In : Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern antiquities ; no 32 (1960). Publication / Sop5
6 1966 Soper, Alexander C. Imperial cave-chapels of the Northern dynasties : donors, beneficiaries, dates. (Ascona : Artibus Asiae, 1966). (Repr. Artibus Asiae ; vol. 28). Publication / Sop7
7 1966 Soper, Alexander C. Chinese, Korean, and Japanese bronzes : a catalogue of the Aaai collection donated to IsMEO and preserved in the Museo nationale d'arte orientale in Rome. Roma : Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1966). (Serie orientale Roma ; 35). [Giacinto Auriti]. Publication / Sop11
8 1967 Soper, Alexander Coburn. Textual evidence for the secular arts of China in the period from Liu Sung through Sui (A.D. 420-618) : excluding treatises on painting. (Ascona : Artibus Asiae, 1967). (Artibus Asiae. Supplementum ; 24). Publication / Sop4
9 1974 Chinese, Korean, and Japanese sculpture : the Avery Brundage collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, editor in charge ; Diana Turner, editor ; with contributions by Fred A. Cline [et al.] and Alexander C. Soper. (Tokyo : Kodansha International ; New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, 1974). Publication / Sop13
  • Person: Brundage, Avery
  • Person: Lefebvre d'Argencé, René-Yvon
10 1990 Soper, Alexander Coburn. A case of meaningful magic. (Washington D.C. : Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1990). [Chinesische Bronzen]. Publication / Sop9

Secondary Literature (3)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1992 Alexander Coburn Soper III 1904-1993. In : Artibus Asiae ; vol. 52, 3/4 (1992). Publication / Sop3
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
2 1993 In memoriam Alexander Coburn Soper 1904-1993. (New York, N.Y. : New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1993). Publication / Sop1
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
3 2006 Alexander Coburn Soper : http://www.brynmawr.edu/Library/carpenterbios.shtml. Web / Sop2