Oriental art books

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Mynah Birds and Flying Rocks: Word and Image in the Art of Yosa Buson

Mynah Birds and Flying Rocks: Word and Image in the...

Author: John M. Rosenfield
ISBN: 9780913689486
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Explores the poetry and paintings of the prolific Japanese artist Yosa Buson (1716-1784). This book explores the...  Read More >>

Bridge to Understanding: The Art and Architecture of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum - Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture

Bridge to Understanding: The Art and Architecture of...

Author: Thomas Christensen ,  Kaz Tsuruta
ISBN: 9780939117192
Format: Hardback
$45.10

Highlights hundreds of the finest Asian paintings, sculptures, and textiles from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,...  Read More >>

Yun Sculpture: The World's First Mysterious Works of Art

Yun Sculpture: The World's First Mysterious Works of...

Author: Master Wan Ko Yee
ISBN: 9780974329307
Format: Mixed media product
$198.00

The 300 pictures of Yun sculptures contained in this book are inexhaustibly beautiful. There are no other photographs...  Read More >>

Art of the Chinese Potter (1923)

Art of the Chinese Potter (1923)

Author: R.L. Hobson ,  A.L. Hetherington
ISBN: 9780766148352
Format: Paperback
$84.35

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Architecture And Its Models In Southeast Asia

Architecture And Its Models In Southeast Asia

Author: Jacques Dumarcay
ISBN: 9789745240278
Format: Paperback
$44.88

This study of the development of architecture and the impact of architectural models on this evolution, draws its...  Read More >>

A Pilgrimage to Angkor

A Pilgrimage to Angkor

Author: Pierre Loti ,  W. P. Baine
ISBN: 9789747100822
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Describes the glory of the temples and their magnificent reliefs hidden in the jungle of Angkor. This book explains...  Read More >>

Early Persian Painting: Kalila and Dimna Manuscripts of the Late 14th Century

Early Persian Painting: Kalila and Dimna Manuscripts...

Author: Bernard O'Kane
ISBN: 9781860648526
Format: Hardback
$198.00

""Kalila and Dimna"" (""The Fables of Bidpai"") are a repository of wisdom and understanding of the human condition...  Read More >>

Matsuri!: Japanese Festival Arts

Matsuri!: Japanese Festival Arts

Author: Gloria Granz Gonick
ISBN: 9780930741921
Format: Paperback
$105.60

The spectacular Japanese community festivals known as matsuri are centuries old. This book identifies and describes...  Read More >>

The Modernist Response to Chinese Art: Pound, Moore, Stevens

The Modernist Response to Chinese Art: Pound, Moore,...

Author: Zhaoming Qian
ISBN: 9780813921754
Format: Hardback
$157.08

A reconstruction of three modernist poets' dialogue with the Chinese masters, this sequel to ""Orientalism and Modernism"",...  Read More >>

The Arts of China, 900-1620

The Arts of China, 900-1620

Author: William Watson
ISBN: 9780300098358
Format: Paperback
$118.80

An examination of the most prolific and broad-ranging period of Chinese art history, from the Song Dynasty with...  Read More >>

Kuniyoshi's Heroes of China and Japan

Kuniyoshi's Heroes of China and Japan

Author: Oliver Impey ,  Mitsuko Watanabe
ISBN: 9781854441836
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Kuniyoshi is best known for his warrior prints, his two great series are the Suikoden (Tales from the Water-Margin)...  Read More >>

Japanese Art

Japanese Art

Author: Sadakichi Hartmann
ISBN: 9781885586902
Format: Paperback
$44.75

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The Sumi-e Dream Book: An Impressionists Approach to the Art of Japanese Brush Painting

The Sumi-e Dream Book: An Impressionists Approach to...

Author: Yolanda Mayhall
ISBN: 9780823050239
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Sumi-e is the classic painting style of Japan. This text demonstrates how to take tile classic brushstrokes of sumi-e...  Read More >>

Consuming Bodies: Sex and Contemporary Japanese Art

Consuming Bodies: Sex and Contemporary Japanese Art...

Author: Professor Fran Lloyd
ISBN: 9781861891471
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting...

Author: Miyeko Murase
ISBN: 9780300096897
Format: Hardback
$92.40

This volume presents some 58 Japanese works, almost all calligraphy, from the collection formed over the last 40...  Read More >>

Chinese Folk Designs

Chinese Folk Designs

Author: Clip Art ,  Clip Art
ISBN: 9780486995359
Format: CD-ROM
$44.75

This collection features exotic, hand-cut images: florals, birds, reptiles, landscapes, insects, fish, human and...  Read More >>

The Lyric Journey: Poetic Painting in China and Japan

The Lyric Journey: Poetic Painting in China and Japan...

Author: James Cahill
ISBN: 9780674009677
Format: Paperback
$85.80

This work looks at poetic paintings, works done in direct response to lyric poems or as pictorial equivalents. It...  Read More >>

The Prints of Isoda Koryusai: Floating World Culture and Its Consumers in Eighteenth-Century Japan

The Prints of Isoda Koryusai: Floating World Culture...

Author: Allen Hockley
ISBN: 9780295983011
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Identifies more than 2,500 designs of various formats and themes and demonstrates that Isoda Koryusai broadened...  Read More >>

Islamic Art of India

Islamic Art of India

Author: Nasim Akhtar ,  Dr. Daljeet
ISBN: 9789832591009
Format: Paperback
$51.72

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Enduring Art of Jade Age China Vol 1

Enduring Art of Jade Age China Vol 1

Author: Childs-Johnson
ISBN: 9788475064970
Format: Paperback
$145.20

Each volume is beautifully illustrated with color plates showcasing Neolithic, Shang, and Zhou jades recently exhibited...  Read More >>

Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Treasure House of Chinese Art

Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Treasure House of Chinese...

Author: Brad Burnham
ISBN: 9780823962600
Format: Hardback
$69.35

Students will lose themselves in a maze of over 450 caves devoted to the religion of Buddhism. Curious minds will...  Read More >>

A History of Chinese Architecture

A History of Chinese Architecture

Author: Fu Xinian ,  Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
ISBN: 9780300095593
Format: Hardback
$224.40

A study of Chinese architecture from Neolithic times to the late-19th century. Each chapter includes sections on...  Read More >>

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