Asian 12

Little India, often called Tekka, is popular with Singaporeans of all races, South Asian migrant workers and tourists alike. Venture down the main thoroughfare in Serangoon Road with the members of ……続きを見る

Originally a backwater swamp housing the Ying Fo Lut and Boh Beh Kang kampongs, Queenstown became Singapore’s first satellite town. It was named in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation i……続きを見る

Tiong Bahru is Singapore’s first public housing estate. Built in the 1930s by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), the original 784 flats, 54 tenements and 33 shops housed over 6,000 people. Its n……続きを見る

Home to the beloved Chomp Chomp Food Centre and the iconic Serangoon Gardens Circus, Serangoon Gardensーor affectionately known as Ang Sar Lee to older Singaporeansーhas been designated an “identity……続きを見る

Admire beautiful sketches of well-loved places in Toa Payohーthe grand old dame that is the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex; the lovely Toa Payoh Town Park; the famous Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery…. Or……続きを見る

La peinture chinoise est une forme de peinture sur soie ou papier avec un pinceau trempé dans l'eau, l'encre et la couleur. Il forme son propre système dans le domaine de l'art mondial. Les outils e……続きを見る

War Baby / Love Child examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art. The bo……続きを見る

A pintura chinesa é uma forma de pintura sobre seda ou papel com pincel umedecido em água, tinta e cor. Ele forma seu próprio sistema no campo da arte mundial. As ferramentas e materiais incluem pin……続きを見る

For at least 150 years, Thomas Chippendale has been synonymous with beautifully made eighteenth-century furniture in a variety of styles – Rococo, Chinese, Gothic and Neoclassical. Born in Otley, Yo……続きを見る

A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly from the Sa……続きを見る

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was a pioneer in Indian art history and in the cultural confrontation of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians and philosophers……続きを見る

A revelatory reclaiming of five iconic Chinese artists and their place in art history During the 1980s and 1990s, a group of Chinese artists (Zhang Xiaogang, Wang Guangyi, Sui Jianguo, Zhang Peili, ……続きを見る

Create dozens of beautiful paper wildflowers that look just like the real thing! In this book, paper artist Emiko Yamamoto presents her secrets for making realistic blossoms, leaves and stems from i……続きを見る

«Incantevole» Natalia Aspesi, la Repubblica «Raramente un libro ha conquistato a tal punto il pubblico amante dell’arte e della letteratura» Livia Manera, Corriere della Sera Un'elegante vetrina nel……続きを見る

How new media and visual artists provide alternative ways for understanding and visualizing the entanglements of media and the environment in the Asia-Pacific. Images of environmental disaster and d……続きを見る

Exquisite paper flowers that never wilt! In this ebook, Japanese paper crafting expert Emiko Yamamoto reveals her secrets for making realistic blossoms, leaves and stems from inexpensive colored pap……続きを見る

There are currently no satisfactory English translations of prominent classical Chinese calligraphy masterpieces (法書, exemplary works that are worth for all to study and observe) like Cao Quan Ste……続きを見る

Maître incontesté de l'estampe japonaise, Hokusai n'a cessé d'inspirer les artistes occidentaux, en particulier les peintres impressionnistes. Il a traité tous les sujets, profanes et sacrés, et il ……続きを見る

"...The subject looking in the mirror is ego. Opposite ego is the self, whose thinking has a different rhythm and order. The initial ‘mirror encounter’ ego observes passively and the encounter offer……続きを見る

The essays and artworks gathered in this volume examine the visual manifestations of postcolonial struggles in art in East and Southeast Asia, as the world transitioned from the communist/capitalist……続きを見る

Roslyn Levin shares her than 40 years experience painting and teaching in sumi-e with easily followed detailed descriptions. In this art form one moves with grace, strength, flexibility and balance.……続きを見る

The twentieth century was a dynamic period for the theatrical arts in China. Booming urban theatres, the interaction between commercial practice and theatre, dramas staged during the War of Resistan……続きを見る

Dans "Souvenirs d'un vieil amateur d'art de l'Extrême-Orient", Raymond Koechlin nous plonge dans un voyage autobiographique et artistique à travers les cultures asiatiques. Son écriture, à la fois s……続きを見る

Originally published in 1947, The Vertical Man explores a form of Indian sculpture largely ignored in other studies, with a focus on two kinds of sculpture from the province of Bihar. The book provi……続きを見る

For generations, children’s books provided American readers with their first impressions of Japan. Seemingly authoritative, and full of fascinating details about daily life in a distant land, these ……続きを見る

Soul of Ink: Lim Tze Peng at 100 pays tribute to the remarkable achievement of artistic renaissance at 100. It traces the lean beginnings of Lim Tze Peng's early years, relives the times of controve……続きを見る

Figlia d’arte, nasce a Roma nel 1972 da mamma giapponese, pittrice ed insegnante di decorazione su porcellana, e papà italiano, profondo conoscitore della cultura del Sol Levante. Frequenta la facol……続きを見る

Ancora una volta la Fondazione Paola Droghetti onlus conduce i suoi amici alla scoperta di tesori poco conosciuti: un intento che convive con quello di valorizzare musei spesso ignorati dall’attenzi……続きを見る

Tatsumi Orimoto (classe 1946) è tra i maggior artisti sperimentali contemporanei. Scapolo e senza figli, Orimoto vive da anni solo con l’anziana madre malata di Alzheimer e di depressione, nei confr……続きを見る

Il sito archeologico di Ajanta, nello stato indiano del Maharashtra, è composto da cinque templi e ventiquattro monasteri buddhisti, scavati nella parete rocciosa della valle del fiume Waghora a par……続きを見る