Oriental art books

This book presents various stages of development of Mathura art from its earliest times and in the process, gives...  Read More >>

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This lavishly illustrated book on one of Japan's preeminent painters focuses on the relationship between topography...  Read More >>

An introduction to the Chinese snuff bottle for prospective collectors. The considers the history of snuff-taking,...  Read More >>

Singapore: small tropical island and dynamic city, where some of Asia's tallest buildings tower over modest quayside...  Read More >>

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Presents the living arts and artists of Turkey. This book is simultaneously an ethnographic inquiry into the nature...  Read More >>

This second volume of Basil Robinson's Studies concentrates on Persian manuscript illumination, beginning with six...  Read More >>

Over the last forty years, Basil Robinson has established a reputation as a leading authority on the art of Persia....  Read More >>

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An examination of the Nasser Khalili Collection of Islamic art, which catalogues specifically the 250 Arabic documents...  Read More >>

The Mughal school of painting (mid-sixteenth to seventeenth centuries) produced a body of work of great distinction....  Read More >>

An examination of the more than 600 finger rings in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic art. These rings...  Read More >>

The hugely diverse Buddhist tradition includes frescoes, statues, embroideries and ritual objects, as well as rock...  Read More >>

All aspects of Kathakali, from elaborate make-up, costumes, narratives, to the intricate rhythms of this dance form...  Read More >>

Revision of a chapter from the author's Habilitationsschrift (Martin-Luther-Universiteat Halle-Wittenberg, 1991)....  Read More >>

This collection of papers discusses many aspects of Asian art and architecture, ranging from Mongolia to India and...  Read More >>

This reference work covers all aspects of Islamic art.  Read More >>

This book deals collectively with the history of modern art in Asia, with an introduction on cross-disciplinary...  Read More >>

Li Huasheng (b. 1944) represents the first generation of artists raised and trained in the People’s Republic of...  Read More >>

Volume 2 of Professor Sullivan's collected essays covers Chinese art evolution from traditional to 20th-century...  Read More >>

Studies the art and architecture of Japan, once slighted as mere copying from China. Now the arts of Japan are seen...  Read More >>

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