Bangkok. White Lotus. 2009. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, ix + 100 pages, index, references, notes, paperback. Dress, Textiles, and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand examines the contemporary role of traditional and tradition-based Black Tai textiles and dress as material and symbolic representations of Black Tai..... More
Canberra. National Gallery of Australia. 2019. Colour photographic plates, 140pp, striking pictorial covers, hardback with contrasting cloth spine. 29 x 24.cm. As new. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Australia in 2019. Includes six essays Archipelagic Cosmopolitanism: A Prehistory of Contemporary Art in Indonesia; Looking for..... More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxi + 273 pages, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket. The rise of independent cinema in Southeast Asia, and the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers there, is among the most significant recent developments in global cinema. The advent..... More
London. Thames & Hudson. 2022. Map, profuse colour illustrations, 319pp, bibliography, index. Hardback in dustjacket. "An authoritative visual history of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present. Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2022. Colour photographic illustrations, templates, 96pp, index. Hardback. "The go-to reference for beginners and seasoned stitchers alike of the most useful Sashiko embroidery stitches! Essential Sashiko provides full-size templates and patterns for 92 beautiful sashiko stitches -- all the patterns you are likely to need for any project..... More
China. He Xiangning Art Museum. 2006. Bilingual, colour photographic illustrations, 126pp, hardback. Exhibition of the artist's works from 2004-2006. When referring to this item please quote stockid 126890. More
No place of publication. Ningxia People's Publishing House. No date of publication. Full colour and black and white reproductions of Arabic art, 239pp, introduction and conclusion in Simplified Chinese, includes CD. Paperback quarto. Excellent artbook showcasing Arabian fine art with commentary in Simplified Chinese. An excellent resource even for non-Chinese..... 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. AW Asia. 2008. Colour photographic illustrations, 110pp, hardback, cloth cover boards, octavo. Chinese contemporary art has emerged as one of the most fascinating and compelling areas of the art market and the contemporary art world at large. Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society in New York, addresses..... More
United Kingdom: The Bodleian Library, 2011. 82 colour illustrations Many important and valuable manuscripts, rare books, and artefacts related to Korea have been acquired by donations throughout the long history of the Bodleian Library and the museums of the University of Oxford. However, due to an early lack of specialist..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2022. Colour and black & white photographic illustrations, 256pp. Hardback in dustjacket. "Cambodia has two parallel histories. One is the constant stream of adventurers and diplomats, kings and rebels, archaeologists and artists drawn to the magnificent ruins at Angkor. Another is the formation of a nation through the..... More
No place of publication. Mapin. 1999. Colour frontispiece, numerous colour photographic illustrations, 120 pp, glossary, bibliography, dustjacket. A presentation of the Goddess Parvati in all of her manifestations, with photographic illustrations of stone sculptures, bronzes and paintings. When referring to this item please quote stockid 67538. More
Italy. Happy Books. 2005. Full-page colour illustrations throughout, 192pp, index, card paperback, quarto. A second anthology of a new wave of Japanese fashion illustrators. When referring to this item please quote stockid 97290. More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2021. Profuse colour illustrations, 160pp. Hardback in dustjacket. "Journey along the famed Tokaido Road - an ancient thoroughfare with a modern twist. The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido is the best-known work of the great 19th century Japanese woodblock artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The series of 53 masterful woodblock..... More
Port Melbourne. Thames & Hudson. 2022. Profuse colour photographic illustrations, 398pp, bibliography, index. Hardback. "Aesthetic influences drawn from China have long resonated throughout Western art, design and thought. China Adorned challenges the monolithic idea of 'Chinese' culture and fashion, turning the lens on the rich clothing traditions of ethnic minority..... More
Amsterdam. Pepin. 1998. Map, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white plates, 448pp, bibliography, glossary, paperback, 28 x 22cm, edges little foxed otherwise very good condition. Text in French, German, Italian, Spanish and English. When referring to this item please quote stockid 163381. More
Mansfield Center. Martino. ( 2000). Black and white line illustrations, ix + 322pp, index. Originally published in Paris in 1900. Describes over 500 early Japanese books in the Bibliotheque Nationale, plus information on the history of engraving of Japanese books, and on individual artists. When referring to this item please..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2022. Map, black & white photographic illustrations, xxx + 344pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Paperback. "Wayang, the traditional puppet theater form of Java, fascinates and endures thanks to the many ways it works as a medium - bearing the weight of Javanese culture and tradition as a key..... More
China. L.A. Gallery, Beijing. 2006. Colour photographic illustrations, 94pp, paperback. A continuation of his Peking Opera series, using the graffitified Peking Opera images as the memory symbols to re-present the past, transcending this artistic ideology and creating his own artistic trajectory. When referring to this item please quote stockid 126888..... More
London. I.B.Tauris. 1999. Many stricking black and white photographic plates, 128pp, bibliography, index, hardback with dustjacket. Oblong quarto. This book "documents the period between 1900 and 1950, which saw Kuwait's emergence from a vunerable shaikhdom negotiating a precarious independece amongst neighbouring powers - the British in India and the Gulf..... 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
Ankara. Publications of the Ministry of Culture of the Turkish Republic. 2002. 2nd Edition. Numerous photographic illustrations - generally black & white, a few in colour, xi + 947pp. Red cloth covered boards stamped with gilt decorative device and lettered in gilt, illustrated dustwrapper and silk marker tie. Text in..... More
United States. Dover Publications. 2006. Colour illustrations, 128 pages, accompanying CD-ROM, paperback. Superb collection of authentic Japanese art and design reproduced directly from rare and costly sources includes birds, florals, animals, fish, crests, geometric designs, and patterns. An invaluable resource for professional and amateur artists and craftspeople. Over 260 color..... More
Canberra. National Library of Australia. 2011. Colour photographic illustrations, references, square quarto, paperback. Asian Treasures: Gems of the Written Word showcases Asian writing, printing and books of beauty and historical significance that are housed in the National Library of Australia. Written by Andrew Gosling, former chief librarian for the Library's..... More