Chinese Opera Makeup and Costumes (1644 - 1911)
by Manon Bertrand and Jim Brisebois
Missing Title (Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art S., v. 8)
by Linda York Leach
Through an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the phenomenon of artistic migration in Paris during the Third Republic. This allows a comparison of case studies by researchers from different fields, and encourages reflection that goes beyond the disciplinary specializations of music, literature and the visual arts in order to produce a more general understanding of issues related to artistic migration in the French capital. This project offers insight into the formation of national im...
Arkitekturang Filipino
"With copious photographs and archival materials sorted out and analysed in relation to ideas and propositions, this book (is) a vital contribution to our understanding of the abode of a most inhabited art. Indeed, with a sense of breadth and attention to the details of terrain, a horizon has been decidedly set." -Dr. Patrick Flores
Tibetan Thangka Painting is the only detailed description of the techniques and principles of the sacred art of Tibetan scroll painting. It is the distillation of research carried out over a period of ten years, collected during five journeys to Nepal and India, and compiled from some twenty traditional painters. This book presents, step-by-step, the techniques used to make a thangka from the preparation of the canvas to the final application of the sacred syllables behind each completed figure....
Relates to the former rulers of parts of southern Rajasthan and portions of Gujarat.
Here is a stunning visual introduction to the artistic and spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism. According to the monks who create it, the Kalachakra Sand Mandala, also known as the "Wheel of Time," imparts peace and healing to all beings and to the planet. Remarkable not only for its profound beauty but also for the intricate process of its construction—a delicate sifting of colored sands into elaborate patterns and symbols rich in meaning—the mandala serves as a visual scripture and vital key t...
Plums and Daffodils (from a Combined Version of the Four Elegant Plants) (The Royal Collection of Imperial China)
by Gu Qian
A manual on jujitsu, the predecessor of judo, designed for the serious martial arts student.
A Contemporary Famous Streets in China (Chinese-English Ed.)
by Du Xia
Voyages Immobiles Dans La Prose Ancienne (Le Cabinet Des Images, #5)
by Cedric Laurent
A Catalogue of Old Chinese Paintings and Drawings
by Probsthain & Co
Journey along the famed Tokaido Road--an ancient thoroughfare with a modern twist. The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido is the best-known work of the great 19th century Japanese woodblock artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The series of 53 masterful woodblock prints depicts stops along the ancient Tokaido Road--which, from the eleventh to the nineteenth century, was the main thoroughfare between Tokyo and Kyoto. Though the road itself is now submerged under Japan's twenty-first-century urban landsca...