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Analyzing the confluence between coloniality and activist art, Art Activism for an Anticolonial Future argues that there is much to gain from approaching contemporary politically committed art pract……続きを見る

Will be of interest as the definitive reference work to Anime newcomers, as well as the die-hard fanboys and otaku! This is THE authoritative and expansive reference work that no Anime collection sh……続きを見る

This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in China’s top-down, pro-urban, and pro……続きを見る

Art in Zion deals with the link between art and national ideology and specifically between the artistic activity that emerged in Jewish Palestine in the first decades of the twentieth century and th……続きを見る

Masaaki Hiroi is an extremely renowned craftsman, who earned his status to be recognized as an artist. Masaaki Hiroi makes Edo tops, toys played by both adults and children not only in present-day J……続きを見る

These crisp, black-and-white images will lend a distinctive Far Eastern accent to any project. Hundreds of eye-catching images include geometrics, abstracts, optical illusions, plus other intriguing……続きを見る

This collection presents more than 4,000 individual designs in the 900-year-old tradition of Japanese family crests. Through constant variation and invention over the centuries, this has become one ……続きを見る

Chiang Yee’s Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique remains the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In eleven richly illustrated chapters, Chiang explores the a……続きを見る

In Creativity and Taoism, Chang Chung-yuan makes the elusive principle of Tao available to the western mind with objectivity, warmth, and depth of insight. It is an important contribution to the tas……続きを見る

Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with North Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-II. Yet behind the secretive curtain of this isolated nation also l……続きを見る

Exploring a wealth of images ranging from woodblock prints to oil paintings, this beautifully illustrated full-color study takes up key elements of the visual culture produced in the People's Republ……続きを見る

Ando Hiroshige is considered by many as the last of the great creative masters of the traditional Japanese woodblock print. His skill has won him worldwide fame and artistic influence, along with hi……続きを見る

Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, t……続きを見る

This book explores the relationship between the ongoing urbanization in China and the production of contemporary Chinese art since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Wang provides a detailed……続きを見る

This deft and lively study by Robert DeCaroli explores the questions of how and why the earliest verifiable images of the historical Buddha were created. In so doing, DeCaroli steps away from old qu……続きを見る

The strict prohibition on the representation of the human form has channeled artistic creation into architecture and architectural decoration. This book is a magical tour through Central Asia - Khir……続きを見る

Einige der prunkvollsten Schätze persischer Kunst befinden sich in den Archiven der Eremitage. Lange verloren geglaubt, wurden sie doch wiedergefunden, katalogisiert und werden jetzt in diesem Bildb……続きを見る

Certains des trésors de l’art perse ont été conservés au musée de l’Ermitage à Saint-Pétersbourg, et dans d’autres institutions culturelles de Moscou ou des anciennes républiques de l’Union soviétiq……続きを見る

Taiwan's specific situation in Asia is the source of its thorn past. Situated in the South East of China, Taiwan was at the crossroads of many maritime routes and squeezed between its neighbors, Chi……続きを見る

Das Königreich von Champa deckte um 500 n. Chr. einen weiten Teil des heutigen Vietnam ab. In der Umgebung von Nha Trang findet man heute noch einige wundersame Spuren davon. Die Champa-Bildhauerei ……続きを見る

East Asia largely functions as a single film and media market, but behind it exists a multifaceted world of coproduction crossing linguistic and national borders. In Coproducing Asia, Stephanie DeBo……続きを見る

L'art indien a fourni une contribution importante et originale au patrimoine artistique de l'humanité. Contribution importante par la persistance, jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine, d'une tradition don……続きを見る

As stories of Indian dance’s renaissance span almost a full century, there has emerged a globally dispersed community of Indian dancers, scholars and audiences who are deeply committed to keeping th……続きを見る

This book tells the story of how and why millions of Chinese works of art got exported to collectors and institutions in the West, in particular to the United States. As China’s last dynasty was wea……続きを見る

The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism is an authoritative text on the specifically Tibetan branch of Buddhism--one which possesses a rich visual history of Buddhist art and Iconagraphy. This book gives……続きを見る

This classic text of Japanese culture contains a wealth of information about traditional Japan and Japanese customs. Pawnshops and handmade paper, shoe shiners and Shinto jugglers, money rakes and m……続きを見る

This book of Geisha culture and history features beautiful antique photographs and a wealth of information. Geisha have the odd distinction of being both legendary and real, and this book helps clar……続きを見る

The Arts of Thailand examines the stunning visual history of Art in Thailand. Blending a multiplicity of cultural influences with their own artistic genius, the Thai people have created some of the ……続きを見る

In diesem Kochbuch soll es vor allem darum gehen, dem Leser authentische, größtenteils japanische Rezepte für die Lunchboxen an die Hand zu geben, die er zu Hause einfach nachkochen kann. Dabei wird……続きを見る

The bold black-and-white line drawings in this outstanding collection offer artists and craftspeople a rich and varied source of historic Korean patterns and designs. The 142 copyright-free motifs, ……続きを見る