Oriental art books

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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of...  Read More >>

Focuses on the period prior to the eighth century C.E. to demonstrate that the significance of inscriptions on stone...  Read More >>

A useful companion to Abbeville's ""Chinese Calligraphy"", this handbook is a guide to the complexity and beauty...  Read More >>

Traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata, often portrayed...  Read More >>

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This volume reflects on the fundamental issues in the theory and practice of connoisseurship of Chinese painting...  Read More >>

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Focuses on a group of 22 stone devotional objects and architectural fragments that collectively represent major...  Read More >>

First published a quarter of a century ago, Dietrich Seckel's essay remains a vital contribution to a much-debated...  Read More >>

Featuring works from a private collection in Houston, this book surveys the freshest trends and movements coming...  Read More >>

Makoure Scott is a young New Zealand artist who is rapidly establishing an international reputation. This, his first...  Read More >>

Diverse architectural traditions such as the Hindue and Jain temples, the step-wells and houses with intricately...  Read More >>

Since its beginnings in the early 1900s, the study of Asian art has dramatically changed and has constantly been...  Read More >>

Updated and expanded, this essential reference book critically surveys 150 of the most influential contemporary...  Read More >>

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Rakugo introduces the storytelling genre of Edo-style rakugo as performed around the turn of the twenty-first century,...  Read More >>

Showcases Chua Ek Kay's gift to Singapore Management University - 30 paintings. This title also includes essays...  Read More >>

Literally meaning ""pictures of the floating world"", ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre...  Read More >>

Edited and with introduction by Maya Kovskaya.  Read More >>

Includes both Chinese and Pinyin text with over 500 illustrations (including references to on-line collections),...  Read More >>

The time seems to be favorable for this publication, which focuses on Kizil, an important landmark in the transmission...  Read More >>

According to a 1754 inscription, the ruling Rajah Umed Singh of Chamba commissioned this extraordinarily ornate...  Read More >>

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