Installationskunst in China: Transkulturelle Reflexionsraume Einer Genealogie Des Performativen
by Birgit Hopfener
Healing, Purifying, and Manifesting through the Ancient Chinese Art of Qigong
by Sal Canzonieri
Lost Empire of the Silk Road Buddhist Art from Khara Khoto (XX111th Century)
One of the most powerful and exotic of all the world's great dynasties, the Mughals ruled India from 1526 to 1858. During this time they produced an astonishing number of rulers of outstanding ability, who operated in a hugely diverse and complex religious, linguistic and social environment. The Mughals were great patrons of the arts, using them to underpin their political position and leaving behind a particularly rich legacy of visual art. This book showcases the British Library's extensive c...
The unlikely story of Le Corbusier and Chandigarh has proven itself to be one of modernisms boldest experiments. Born of a vision of a modern India, Chandigarhdesigned by Le Corbusierwas created as a statement for an emerging modern nationstate. Its Capitol Complex, considered by many as Le Corbusiers masterpiece, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. Like all visionaries, Le Corbusier was adept at taking the iconic and symbolic and using them to fashion his own unique vocabulary....
This vividly illustrated publication features 110 works by many of the most eminent painters in the history of Indian art. These remarkable paintings, dating from 1100 to 1900, were selected according to identifiable artists, and they refute the long-held view of anonymous authorship in Indian art. Traditionally, Indian paintings have been classified by regional styles or dynastic periods, with an emphasis on subject matter. Stressing the combined tools of connoisseurship and inscriptional evid...
During states of emergency, normal rules and rights are suspended, and force can often prevail. In these precarious intervals, when the human potential for violence can be released and rehearsed, images may also emerge. This book asks: what happens to art during a state of emergency? Investigating the uneasy relationship between aesthetics and political history, Emilia Terracciano traces a genealogy of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India; she explores catastrophic turning points in the...
Modern Asian Art is a seminal publication focusing on the modern art of Japan, China, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Clark offers a unique viewpoint, debunking the idea of a single 'modern Asian art' and of a one-way flow of influence from West to East, presenting instead a complex ebb and flow of information and transformation, where many diverse modernisms interact. Through a series of empirical micro-histories the book proceeds to look closely at the conditions for art practice in each countr...
Thai Art Collection Coloring Book for Adults (Wild Animals Coloring Book, #2)
by V Art
Hiroshige 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
by Cristina Berna and Eric Thomsen
Born of Earth and Fire (Studies in Chinese Art History and Archaeology, #1)
As the Opium War unfolded in Guangdong Province, the painter Su Renshan (1814- c.1850) exploded onto the art scene with a bold, paradigm-turning new voice. A Defiant Brush takes a fresh look at this underappreciated artist in the context of a nascent Chinese modernism. In 1839 Guangzhou shifted from a cosmopolitan trading centre with a diverse art world into a place of violence. During the following decade, one voice of discontent and defiance rang out above all others: Su Renshan's. His provoc...
First Under Heaven (The Hali Annual S., 4th)
Presents 12 articles, each exploring the diversity of ideas and images found within Asian art. The contributions - from scholars, dealers and curators - analyze a range of media, including painting, calligraphy, carpets, textiles, frescos, furniture, metalwork, ceramics and temple architecture.
Himalayan Passages (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, #17)
by Benjamin Bogin and Andrew Quintman