Oriental art books

The Museum Rietberg in Zurich possesses an old and important collection of Southeast Asian sculpture, but until...  Read More >>

Now in a single volume, three essential works on Japanese aesthetics, spirituality, and meditation  Read More >>

Drawn from traditional Japanese family crests, this collection presents 1,160 exotic black-and-white patterns, symbols,...  Read More >>

South Asian religious art became codified during the Kusana Period. This book's premise is that Kusana Art achieves...  Read More >>

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Hokusai's ""Mangas"" constitute a comprehensive visual encyclopaedia of the Japanese civilization in the XIXth Century....  Read More >>

Allows for a deeper understanding of Edo-period acquisition practices, as well as a fuller comprehension of the...  Read More >>

A comprehensive analysis of the earliest Buddhist art of China, Bactria, and the Southern Silk Road in Central Asia...  Read More >>

Haku Maki (1924-2000) was a highly innovative Japanese printmaker of the second half of the 20th century. His prints...  Read More >>

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* Explains why batik is such a powerful reminder of times past* Showcases a new approach to collection history research...  Read More >>

This new collection of work from the revered Master Wan Ko Yee contains fifty new plum blossom paintings. Following...  Read More >>

"""Visual Culture in Shanghai, 1850s-1930s"" is a study of formal and informal meanings of Haipai (""Shanghai School""...  Read More >>

Images of Thought is an entirely new approach to understanding non-Western art. Supported by a wide reading in anthropology,...  Read More >>

A moving reading of the 1913 Nobel Prize-winner for literature by the bestselling author of Quantum Healing and...  Read More >>

Calendar art appears in all manner of contexts in India: in chic elite living rooms, middle-class kitchens, urban...  Read More >>

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The classic work on Japanese beauty and values as seen in Japanese art and culture  Read More >>

This highly original book furnishes a creative interpretation of alternative, contemporary Taiwanese Theater by...  Read More >>

In this volume, William Watson and Chuimei Ho begin with discussions of ""fine"" art and painting and progress to...  Read More >>

"""Visual Culture in Shanghai, 1850s-1930s"" is a study of formal and informal meanings of Haipai (""Shanghai School""...  Read More >>

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Explores the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting...  Read More >>