Art styles not defined by date books

In aesthetic quality, significance and scope, the Metropolitan Museum's Oceanic or Pacific Islands collection is...  Read More >>

These 285 strikingly beautiful black-and-white illustrations of plants, flowers, symbols, animals, water and wave...  Read More >>

Adapted from jewelry, textiles, hardware, ceramic, inlays, carvings, and more, 852 full-color designs spotlight...  Read More >>

In Japanese culture, emptiness and simplicity have long been the central principles of design, and are allied closely...  Read More >>

Considers how Japan encountered the West and learned about and adopted their arts, culture, and science, and how...  Read More >>

Drawn from the Chu-tsing Li collection of modern and contemporary Chinese paintings, the finest and most comprehensive...  Read More >>

This volume investigates Pacific collections held in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, and the diverse...  Read More >>

The Admiralty Islands, a group of more than twenty islets with approximately 25,000 inhabitants, lie north of New...  Read More >>

Takes a generational look at the fast-changing world of the woodcarvers of Oaxaca, Mexico. This title presents the...  Read More >>

Explores, with more than 35 hands-on painting activities, how to create Chinese-style brush paintings. This book...  Read More >>

This illustrated volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialities to explore the...  Read More >>

This book was researched through personal visits to World Heritage sites in India and the monuments associated with...  Read More >>

John Castagno's Artists' Signatures and Monograms have become the standard reference source for galleries, museums,...  Read More >>

A fresh perspective from Haida leaders, art and cultural historians, anthropologists and artists on the lasting...  Read More >>

Presenting the work of thirty artists from each Australian state and territory, the inaugural National Indigenous...  Read More >>

Explores the lost chapter of the Papunya Tula western desert art movement. It is beautifully illustrated and includes...  Read More >>

The art and objects of the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands, past and present, are given full attention in this...  Read More >>

From the same series as Abrams' successful ""Saints: A Year in Faith and Art"", this work presents the celestial...  Read More >>

The prolific Utagawa school is one of the most famous lineages of print artists in the history of Japanese woodblock...  Read More >>

Arab painting is treated here as a significant artistic corpus in its own right. Rejecting the traditional emphasis...  Read More >>

Color woodblock prints, early maps of Asia and beyond, and gorgeously detailed scrolls are just some of the highlights...  Read More >>

Mountains of the Heart explores Japan's landscape through the eyes of a renowned artist and provides new perspectives...  Read More >>

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Utagawa Hiroshige was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition which refers to the famous Japanese...  Read More >>

First in a series of publications presenting the Hood's extensive and varied collections  Read More >>