Oriental art books

4055 books were found.

Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry: A Guide to the Arts of the 17th Century

Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry: A Guide to the Arts...

Author: Christoph Cüppers ,  Ulrich Pagel
ISBN: 9789004180147
Format: Hardback
$440.88

Presents the iconometic principles and measurements of the 17th-century art of Tibet. This title includes more than...  Read More >>

In Production Mode, Contemporary Art in China: Chinese Contemporary Art Awards

In Production Mode, Contemporary Art in China: Chinese...

Author: Pi Li ,  Pauline Yao
ISBN: 9789881752291
Format: Paperback
$132.00

Edited by Pi Li. Text by Pauline J. Yao, Chris Dercon, Ken Lum, Ruth Noack.  Read More >>

Tombs of Paradise: The Shah-e Zende in Samarkand and Architectural Ceramics of Central Asia

Tombs of Paradise: The Shah-e Zende in Samarkand and...

Author: Jean Soustiel ,  Yves Porter
ISBN: 9782903824433
Format: Hardback
$462.00

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Traditional Chinese Toggles: Counterweights and Charms

Traditional Chinese Toggles: Counterweights and Charms...

Author: Margaret Duda ,  Paul Duda
ISBN: 9789814260619
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Objets d'Art Japonais Et Chinois, Peintures, Estampes Composant La Collection Des Goncourt (Éd.1897)

Objets d'Art Japonais Et Chinois, Peintures, Estampes...

Author: Siegfried Bing
ISBN: 9782012593930
Format: Paperback
$79.07

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

The Concept of Danzo: 'Sandalwood Images' in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries

The Concept of Danzo: 'Sandalwood Images' in Japanese...

Author: Christian Boehm
ISBN: 9781872843186
Format: Hardback
$116.44

The first study in a Western language to examine Buddhist Danzo sculptures and portable shrines in Japan 8th-14th...  Read More >>

The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China

The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China...

Author: James C. S. Lin
ISBN: 9780300184341
Format: Hardback
$134.95

During the last two centuries BC, the Western Han dynasty of China forged the first stable empire covering all of...  Read More >>

View of the Pinnacle: Japanese Lacquer Writing Boxes

View of the Pinnacle: Japanese Lacquer Writing Boxes...

Author: Stephen Little ,  Edmund J. Lewis
ISBN: 9780615505091
Format: Hardback
$211.20

View of the Pinnacle is a richly illustrated catalogue featuring more than eighty suzuribako, dating from the fourteenth...  Read More >>

Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits

Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits

Author: Pramod Kumar ,  Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar
ISBN: 9781780762494
Format: Hardback
$90.56

The arrival of photography in India in 1840 began a rivalry between its practitioners and painters of traditional...  Read More >>

The Figurative Works of Chen Hongshou (1599–1652): Authentic Voices/Expanding Markets

The Figurative Works of Chen Hongshou (1599–1652): Authentic...

Author: Tamara Heimarck Bentley ,  Dr. Allison Levy
ISBN: 9780754666721
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Chen Hongshou (1599-1652) was as an artist and scholar of the Ming period. Considering Chen's paintings and prints...  Read More >>

Modern Chinese Ink Paintings: A Century of New Directions

Modern Chinese Ink Paintings: A Century of New Directions...

Author: Clarissa von Spee ,  Britta Erickson
ISBN: 9780714124704
Format: Paperback
$43.99

Displaying the beauty and skill of Chinese ink paintings through a selection of highlights from the British Museum's...  Read More >>

Chinese Painting Techniques

Chinese Painting Techniques

Author: Alison Stilwell Cameron
ISBN: 9780486136080
Format: Electronic book text
$31.95

The first guide to unify the philosophical and imitative methods of instruction in the art of Chinese painting explains...  Read More >>

Buddhas of the Celestial Gallery

Buddhas of the Celestial Gallery

Author: Romio Shrestha ,  Dr Deepak Chopra, M. D.
ISBN: 9781601090607
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

The Art of East Asia

The Art of East Asia

Author: Gabriele Fahr-Becker ,  Sabine Hesemann
ISBN: 9783833160981
Format: Hardback
$131.97

In this volume, impressive illustrations of rarely seen masterpieces present the reader with the unique wealth of...  Read More >>

Jannat: Paradise in Islamic Art

Jannat: Paradise in Islamic Art

Author: Mumtaz Currim
ISBN: 9788192110622
Format: Hardback
$90.56

This volume on Jannat in Islamic art presents images of Paradise from the Indian subcontinent spanning all forms...  Read More >>

Exposition de la Gravure Japonaise A l'Ecole Nationale Des Beaux-Arts A Paris (Ed.1890)

Exposition de la Gravure Japonaise A l'Ecole Nationale...

Author: Collectif
ISBN: 9782012544703
Format: Paperback
$28.46

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

Outamaro: Le Peintre Des Maisons Vertes (Éd.1891)

Outamaro: Le Peintre Des Maisons Vertes (Éd.1891)

Author: Edmond de Goncourt ,  Edmond Goncourt (De)
ISBN: 9782012760882
Format: Paperback
$57.95

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

Shifting Paradigms in East Asian Visual Culture: A Festschrift in Honour of Lothar Ledderose

Shifting Paradigms in East Asian Visual Culture: A Festschrift...

Author: Burglind Jungmann ,  Adele Schlombs
ISBN: 9783496014409
Format: Hardback
$234.96

The Festschrift for Lothar Ledderose represents the diversity of themes, methods and findings in East Asian Art...  Read More >>

The Seven Tengu Scrolls: Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy in Medieval Japanese Buddhism

The Seven Tengu Scrolls: Evil and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy...

Author: Haruko Wakabayashi
ISBN: 9780824834166
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This is a study of visual and textual images of the mythical creature tengu from the late Heian (897-1185) to the...  Read More >>

Japan 365: A Drawing-A-Day Project

Japan 365: A Drawing-A-Day Project

Author: J Muzacz
ISBN: 9780985312701
Format: Paperback
$79.20

JAPAN 365 is the Essential art book of Japan. An excellent hand-drawn retrospective and an amazing feat of sustained...  Read More >>

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Author: Jean-Paul DesRoches ,  Guillaume Fonkenell
ISBN: 9782757204481
Format: Hardback
$158.27

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The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art

The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art

Author: Linda Komaroff
ISBN: 9780300184358
Format: Paperback
$51.95

The offering of gifts - state, religious and personal - is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human...  Read More >>

Chinese Heart Songs

Chinese Heart Songs

Author: Nita Ng ,  Nita Ng
ISBN: 9781477472736
Format: Paperback
$30.60

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Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art: An Anthology

Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art: An Anthology...

Author: Nora A. Taylor ,  Boreth Ly
ISBN: 9780877277569
Format: Paperback
$68.25

This anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region.  Read More >>

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