Princeton. Princeton University Press. 2013. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 125pp, 13.9 x 11.5cm. "This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. A master at communicating powerful ideas in astonishingly few words, Ai Weiwei is..... More
Stuttgart. Art Media Resources Inc., 2006. 1st Edition. Numerous colour photographic illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth covered boards lettered in gilt, with dustwrapper. Beautifully illustrated 360pp. 30.5 x 23.5cm. Near fine. Netsuke, Inro and Sagemono artists When referring to this item please quote stockid 174173. More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2014. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white, 320pp. Paperback. "In a world where digital cameras and camera phones have become ubiquitous, looking back at a time period when this wasn't the case offers a distinctive insight. 'Photography in Japan 1853-1912' is a fascinating book that offers..... More
Japan. Tuttle Shokai Inc., 2013. Clour and black and white photographic illustrations and diagrams, 160pp, index, dustjacket. "The Genius of Japanese Carpentry" tells the story of the 1200-year-old Yakushiji monastery in Nara and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the depredations of..... More
Singapore. Singapore Art Museum. 1998. Colour plates, 72pp, biography, list of works, text in Chinese and English, text and pictorial gilt upper cover and spine, small quarto, paperback. This catalogue published in conjunction with the Fan Chang Tien, His Art and Passion exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum presents ten..... More
New York. Sterling. 2021. Full page colour photographic illustrations, 300pp. Paperback. "The mandala is an archetypal symbol of wholeness that is replicated on a cosmic scale, not only in art, architecture, and religion, but throughout the universe. The concepts and primal patterns it represents are the base upon which all..... More
New York. The Museum For African Art. 1993. Colour plates, 91pp, very good paperback. Text in English with three articles also in French. This publication is the first for The Museum for African Art, in a new series of books and exhibitions, Focus on African Art. (When referring to this..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2019. Maps, descriptive text with colour photographic illustrations throughout, xxi + 785pp, ribbon bookmark, bibliography, indices of seal matrices, seal impressions, names and titles, place names, dates, Qur'an quotations and a concordance. New condition in dustjacket. 31 x 23cm. "Seals make up an important element in the..... More
Illustrated throughout in colour, 142pp, glossary, index, paperback, spine a trifle sunned. 30.5 x 23cm. Very good copy. In Bali, textiles are more than just decorative fabrics; they are imbued with magical powers and deep ritual significance. Gods, humans, trees, and even temples are arrayed on festival days in exquisite..... More
London. Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2015. 200 colour photographic illustrations, 224pp, index, pictorial limp boards. "Making Sense of Buddhist Art & Architecture is designed to equip the cultural tourist and art student with the means to interpret each painting, building, or artifact in terms of the iconography and symbolism of..... More
Singapore. National University of Singapore. 2008. Maps/plans, black and white photographic illustratoins, xxviii + 321pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Arguably Southeast Asia's most spectacular city, Kuala Lumpur - widely known as KL - has just celebrated 50 years as the national capital of Malaysia. But KL now has a very..... More
n.p. Floating World Editions. 2003. x + 552pp, index, paperback. "... This pioneering work by Koop and Inada remains an important and fundamental reference for those wishing to master the pronunciation of Japanese names. The central feature of the 572-page work is a dictionary of kanji used in writing Japanese..... More
Eugene. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. 2007. Colour illustrations, 56pp, paperback. Quarto. "Although it remains under-appreciated in the West, calligraphy in Korea and throughout East Asia has traditionally been viewed as the highest of the visual arts, more valued than painting or sculpture. Contemporary Korean calligrapher Jung Do-jun's bold and..... More
No place of publication. Mapin Publishing. 2010. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout, 90pp, oblong hardback, colour pictorial laminated boards. Very good. A visually delightful book which offers a fascinating picture of this form of Bangladeshi street art. This marvellous little book brings to life, through its very readable text, the..... More
Singapore. Singapore Art Museum. 1998. Colour plates, unpaginated, list of works, oblong quarto, paperback. This catalogue, in conjunction with the Imaging Selves exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum, introduces the practices of Southeast Asian artists, their perceptions of themselves amd others on their environment, their notions of identity and their..... More
Australia. National Gallery of Australia. 2014. Map, profusely illustrated with black and white and sepia photographic illustrations, 176pp, bibliography, index, square quarto, cloth covered boards Garden of the East opens the door to a time of change in Indonesia in the century before independence from Dutch colonial interests. It takes..... More
United States. Dover Publications. 2004. 48 pages, black and white illustrations, accompanying CD-ROM, paperback. 197 black-and-white illustrations selected from ancient pottery, mosaics, and other authentic sources include details from fresco paintings, jewellery patterns, and other artifacts. The striking royalty-free motifs are easily adaptable for use in textiles and wallpaper, furniture..... More
Kuala Lumpur. Badan Warisan. 1997. Volume I: Memorial Prize. Two folding elevation diagrams, many photo illustrations, plans, diagrams and line illustrations, ix + 53pp, oblong octavo. This book describes the work of the Badan Warisan Malaysia on the Mebin Sheppard Memorial Prize which was launched in February 1996. The purpose..... More
Manila and Hong Kong. De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde/ArtAsiaPacific. 2021. 323pp, purple cloth covered hardback, lettered in silver on upper cover and spine. Very good. "The book is the first collection of essays by Roces who has written extensively about craft, art, museology, cultural theory and politics, generating a...... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. 82 colour illustrations, xiii + 302pp, notes, bibliography, index, hardback in dustjacket. British artists and commentators in the late 18th and early 19th century encoded the twin aspirations of progress and power in images and descriptions of Southeast Asia's ruined Hindu and Buddhist candis, pagodas, wats..... More
Kuching. Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia. (Malaysia Institute of Architects). 2018. vi + 220pp, bibliography, index, paperback, 25 x 21cm. Signed by the author. Very good condition. This is the first book of its kind - covering architectural history in Sarawak from pre-history to the period just before the formation of Malaysia..... More
Hong Kong. The Chinese University Press. 2011. Black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, xviii + 453 pages, index, bibliography, dustjacket. A major observer and writer of Chinese cultural life, Tsien Tsuen-hsin contributed profoundly to the West's understanding of the East, and vice versa, spending sixty years as a...... More
National University of Singapore Press, 2020. xv + 303pp, index, hardback in dustjacket. 23.5 x 18.5cm. "For the past century and a half, extensive looting and illicit trafficking of Southeast Asia's cultural heritage have scattered art objects from the region to museums and private collections around the world. Today, however..... More
United States. Dover Publications. 2009. Colour and black and white images, 48 pages, CDROM with 125 images, paperback. Fire-breathing dragons. Elegant floral bands. Exquisitely detailed Mehndi graphics. This collection of 125 beautiful Asian images features some of today's most popular body art designs, each inspired by ancient symbols and motifs..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2021. 74 color plates, 43 halftones 244pp, bibliography, index, hardback in dustjacket. 23.8 x 19.2cm. An architectural and historical study of Singapore's oldest Teochew Temple. At the turn of the nineteenth century, Teochew-speaking gambier and pepper farmers settled in Singapore. Today surrounded by the skyscrapers of Singapore's..... More
