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From the newest development of Chinese contemporary art to the classical Buddhist murals of Pagan, discover more on Asian art traditions and recent developments with the following selection of Asian art books. |
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China Art Now |
Author: Michel Nuridsany
Publisher: Flamarion
Available at Asia Books |
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The Ch\'i of the brush |
The Ch\'i of the brush: capturing the spirit of nature with Chinese brush painting
In The Ch\'i of the Brush, artist Nan Rae illustrates the fundamental elements and traditional motifs of the Literati style, which seeks to transcend the mere representation of a subject to capture its ch\'i, or life force, by using a minimum of brush strokes for maximum effect. |
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The Ajanta caves |
The Ajanta caves: ancient paintings of Buddhist India
In 1819, a group of British soldiers chanced upon the Ajanta caves, lying in a ravine of the Waghora river some 200 miles north-east of Bombay. |
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Straits Chinese Porcelain |
Straits Chinese Porcelain: a celebration of a unique Malaysian heritage showcasing the Datin Seri Kee Ming Yuet Collection
This Elegant publishing initiative celebrates the uniqueness, breadth and diversity of Straits Chinese porcelain as showcased by the author’s private collection. Datin Seri Kee is sharing her collection with the public for the first time, continuing the tremendous public interest in local culture generated by Malaysia’s First Lady, Yang Amat Berbahagia Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmook’s recent book ‘The Nyonya Kebaya’. |
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Old Myanmar Paintings in the Collection of U Win |
Myanmar (Burma) has a long artistic tradition. Early works include frescos and mural paintings in temples and pagodas, and in the 18th and 19th centuries, both Burmese and foreign artists were appointed to serve at the court, and the arts flourished. |
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Eye of the Beholder |
Eye of the Beholder: Reception and Audience of Modern Asian Art
This book interrogates the relationship between different kinds of modern art and different kinds of cultural contexts in Asian and Pacific countries. |
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Thai art - Flavours by Steven Pettifor |
Flavours, offers a tantalizing taste of Thailand’s vibrant burgeoning contemporary art scene, from the end of the last century to the dawn of a new millennium. While the international image of Thailand as a tropical playground, rich in history and traditional heritage, has been widely publicized through exotic images in the media, little is still known about the human face of modern Thai society. |
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The Buddhist murals of Pagan |
The Buddhist murals of Pagan: timeless vistas of the cosmos
Author: Claudine Bautze-Picron
Publisher: Orchid Press
Available at ASIA BOOKS |
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Asian art |
Asian art, by Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter
A visually stunning tour of the artistic achievements of asian civilization, Asian Art highlights the greatest works of the Orient. |
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Animal motifs in Asian art |
Decorative motifs have special meaning in decorative Asian art, where they are frequently used to teach essential lessons in life. |
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Japanese art in detail |
This beautiful book offers a striking and unusual view of the wide array of Japanese art. It highlights - close up and in color - outstanding examples of design and craft in prints, paintings and screens, metalwork, ceramics, wood, stone and lacquer. |
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The art of Champa |
From 12 October 2005 to 9 January 2006, the Musée Guimet in Paris will play host to an exceptional exhibition: ‘Treasures of Vietnamese Art… Champa Sculpture’. This show will bring together for the first time, outstanding pieces from the Musée Guimet, the National Museums of France and the national Vietnamese museums of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon). |
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Paris-Pekin catalogue |
The Asia Art Archive produced the catalogue for the exhibition \"Paris-Pekin\" which opened at the Espace Cardin in Paris from the 3rd until the 28th of October 2002. The works in the exhibition were a selection from the contemporary Chinese art collection of Myriam and Guy Ullens. 145 works from 85 artists were selected by curator, Chang Tsong-zung, and associate curator, Jean-Marc Decrop. |
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Spiritual journey |
Spiritual journey: sacred art from Musée Guimet
Highly recommended and a must-have for any Asian art collectors and academic library, this volume is one of the most lavish produced book on the permanent collection of the Museum of Asian Art-Guimet, filled with stunning photographs of 240 Asian art creations from. |
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Asian art at the Norton Simon Museum |
Asian art at the Norton Simon Museum volume 3: art from Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
This illustrated book completes a three-volume series cataloguing the Asian art collection at the Norton Simon Museum. The volume includes some 180 religious artworks from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Burma and Laos, as well as Ban Chiang pottery and rain drums. |
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The arts of Asia |
The arts of Asia: materials, techniques, styles
The Arts of Asia is the first book to analyse and survey some of the most beautiful materials used in Asian art and the ways in which they have been transformed into glorious works of art over the centuries. |
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Sacred painting in Bali |
Sacred painting in Bali: tradition in transition
Since before World War II traditional sacred paintings for family and village temples have been produced in many parts of Bali. Sacred painting, like Balinese temple sculpture, wayang, dance and music, is a living, vibrant folk art. |
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Modernity in Asian Art |
This book deals collectively with the history of modern art in Asia and is based on papers presented at the conference on Modernism and Post-Modernism in Asian Art held at the Australian National University in 1991. |
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Contemporary Asian Art Forum |
Contemporary Asian Art Forum: Links, Platforms, Networks
Published by Asia Art Archive and International Art Critic Association, Hong Kong
Edited by Susan Acret and co-editor, Tricia Tang, this bi-lingual publication includes responses to the papers given at the Asian Art Forum held in September of last year. |
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Images of the gods |
This massive and comprehensive volume is the culminating publishing event of the author’s lengthy and meticulous researches into Khmer mythology, its messages, and meanings. |
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