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Indian Art in Detail
Anna L. Dallapiccola
Hardcover - $36.95
The rich and diverse cultures of India are represented in exquisite detail in this book, which begins with a simple question: what is Indian art? The answer is as complex as the history of a nation that is only sixty years old and a civilization that ...
Things Thai
Tanistha Dansilp
Hardcover - $41.95
A fabulous new addition to the series that includes "Things Korean" and "Things Japanese, Things Thai" presents 62 everyday items from Thailand. Each object-including religious and devotional items, household objects, food and farming implements, clo ...
A Dictionary of Japanese Idioms
William De Lange
Paperback - $39.95
What student of Japanese has not grappled with the amazing diversity and elusive nuances of its idioms? One would not want to confuse, for example, ki ga mawaru (to be considerate) with ki o mawasu (to be suspicious). And it would be useful to know w ...
Timeless Beauty : Traditional Japanese Folk Art
Edmund de Waal
Hardcover - $120.95
This richly illustrated book presents the Jeffrey Montgomery collection of traditional Japanese art, one of the foremost collections of this art in the world.
Superb examples of lacquerware and metalwork, basketry, textiles, furniture, masks, scu ...
A Celebration of Love
Harsha V. Dehejia
Hardcover - $54.95
The "romantic heroine in the Indian tradition is celebrated in prose, poetry, painting, dance and music. This volume examines these various aspects of her romantic emotion, its depiction in the paintings of the Rajput courts and other schools of art, ...
Celebrating Krishna Hand-Bound Pothi Style : The Tenth Book of Bhagavata Purana----Sacred Words
Harsha V. Dehejia
Hardcover - $57.95
The Bhagavata Purana has occupied an uninterrupted position of centrality in the religious life of Vaishanavas. It is in the tenth chapter of this Purana that the life and cosmic deeds of Krishna unfold. The Bhagavata has inspired countless artistic ...
Indian Art A&i
Vidya Dehejia
Paperback - $39.95
In this comprehensive survey, Vidya Dehejia explains and analyses not only such key early developments as the great cities of the Indus civilization, but also the luxury of the Mughal court.
Art and Culture of Japan
Nelly Delay
Paperback - $21.95
The ephemeral nature of the material realm is central to Japanese culture. Beauty and pleasure are fleeting, and the moment must be captured as it flies. Elegant palaces and serene monasteries are made of wood and paper; simple materials such as bamb ...
100 Japanese Stencil Designs
Friedrich Deneken
Paperback - $17.95
The natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of 104 exquisite stencil designs, reproduced from a rare 19th-century publication. Motifs depict -- among other subjects -- lush florals, bamboo branches, birds ...