Tokyo. Tuttle. 2016. 350 full-color photos, 158pp. Paperback. New. "Japanese Tattoos explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid getting ink they don't understand or, worse, that they'll regret. This photo-heavy book will also trace the history of Japanese tattooing, putting the iconography and kanji symbols..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 1985. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations and designs, 124pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, quarto, paperback, 7cm tear lower section of backstrip torn with a little loss still a good copy. "Three hundred individual designs illustrated in one hundred plates are drawn from woven and decorated items..... More
Singapore. NTU Centre for Contemporary Art. 2018. Colour and black and white illustrations, 443pp, striking paper covered boards. 29 x 23.5cm. Place.Labour.Capital. connects cultural production and artistic research to broader political and social concerns, through the agency of a new institution, the Nanyang Technological University Centre for Contemporary Art (NTU..... 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
Tokyo. Kodansha. 1995. Paperback edition. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, black and white line illustrations and architectural plans, 156pp, bibliography, index, paperback with dustjacket, 25.6 x 18.5cm. Over a thousand years ago in Nara, Japan, anonymous carpenters erected a number of temples and pagodas for a...... More
London. Thames & Hudson. 2012. Maps, 507 colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 536 pages, notes, black cloth covered boards lettered in silver on spine. Dustjacket a faded on spine still a very good copy. "The arts of Oceania are astonishing: great statues, daunting tattoos, dynamic carving, dazzling woven..... More
Sydney. Power Publications. 2024. Profuse colour illustrations, 254pp, bibliography, index. Hardback. New. "This book introduces the understudied cultural artifact of the Chinese belt toggle, known as zhuizi. Similar to their better-known Japanese counterparts netsuke, these small carved ornaments offer a rare glimpse into everyday life in early modern China. (Publisher's..... 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. NUS Press. 2024. Profuse colour photographic illustrations, xv + 136pp, bibliography. Paperback. New. "Explore Vietnam's rich literary and graphic design history. Vietnam has a strong literary culture that dates back to Confucian influence and has remained important today. Using Vietnamese books, documents, and manuscripts from the collection of the..... 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
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. Hiroshige's Japan allows readers to make the journey alongside Delord, venturing from Tokyo and Mount Fuji to mountain passes and rugged coastlines. Inside are all 53 original scenery prints made by Hiroshige, alongside their modern-day equivalent by Delord. A lively..... More
Mansfield Center. Martino. (Circa 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
Artasiapacific, 2021. 640 color plates, 368pp, paperback with French flaps. An attractive and fascinating publication. 25.2 x 19cm. "Cultural historian David Elliott is a key figure of the international contemporary art world in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In his work as a curator and museum director since..... 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
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
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Guangxi. 广西美术出版社. [Guangxi meishu chubanshe]. 2006. First Edition. Map, colour photographic illustrations throughout accompanied by extensive text about each country's art scene, 205pp. Text in simplified Chinese characters, 21 x 15cm. Paperback in very good condition. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217992. More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2019. Black and white photographic illustrations, 400pp, 229mm x 152mm. Paperback. "What is the modern in Southeast Asia's architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreaking multidisciplinary volume is the first critical survey of Southeast Asia’s modern architecture. It looks at the challenges of..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2022. xvii + 263pp, bibliography, index. Paperback. "Exploring the work of established and emerging artists in Indonesia's vibrant art world, this book examines why so many artists in the world's largest archipelagic nation choose to work directly with people in their art practices. While the social dimension..... More
Italy. Skira. 2009. Full page colour photographic illustrations, 145pp, dustjacket. Born in India in 1934, Bhavsar moved to the U.S. in the early 1960s, where he became an influential member of the New York School of Colorists through his use of thrown and sifted pigment. Bhavsar’s monumental works are created..... 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