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Japanese Art - Critical and Primary Sources (Hardcover): Morgan Pitelka Japanese Art - Critical and Primary Sources (Hardcover)
Morgan Pitelka
R23,858 Discovery Miles 238 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Japanese Art: Critical and Primary Sources is a four-volume reference work offering a critical overview of the history and culture of Japanese art. Drawing upon a wide range of English-language texts, the volumes explore the diverse and changing material and visual cultures of Japan from the pre-modern period to the present day. Over 75 essays from Asia, North America and Europe are assembled in this set and they address four major themes - material cultures (Buddhist objects, ceramics, textiles, interiors), visual cultures (painting, calligraphy, photography), printed matter (wood-block prints, books) and the context for Japan's art history (networks of patronage, sites of artistic production and consumption). Each volume is separately introduced and the selected materials are presented thematically, and chronologically within categories. Together the four volumes of Japanese Art present a major scholarly resource for the field.

Ceramica y Cultura - The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayolica (Paperback): Robin Farwell Gavin, Etc Ceramica y Cultura - The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayolica (Paperback)
Robin Farwell Gavin, Etc
R807 R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Save R69 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Brought to Spain in the thirteenth century by Islamic artisans, the enameled earthenware known as mayA3lica is decorated with a lead glaze to which tin oxide is added to create an opaque white surface. By the fifteenth century, several areas in Spain were well known throughout Europe for the quality of these ceramics, and with Spainas expansion into the New World the mayA3lica tradition came into Mexico. There it underwent further changes, notably the use of indigenous design motifs and patterns inspired by Chinese porcelain. Over the next three centuries, the potters of New Spain produced ceramics characterized by a distinctive mestizo aesthetic. This tradition continues today in both Mexico and Spain.

Assembled in connection with a major exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, this book moves discussion of mayA3lica beyond its stylistic merits in order to understand it in historic and cultural context. The contributors, specialists in art and art history, architecture, anthropology, archaeology, and the folk arts, place the ceramics in history and daily life, illustrating their place in trade and economics. Examining both historic and contemporary examples, they also take us into the pottersa workshops.

Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture - Tradition, Modernity, and Globalization (Hardcover, New): Christopher Crouch Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture - Tradition, Modernity, and Globalization (Hardcover, New)
Christopher Crouch
R2,983 Discovery Miles 29 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines three overarching themes: Chinese modernity's (sometimes ambivalent) relationship to tradition at the start of the twentieth century, the processes of economic reform started in the 1980s and their importance to both the eradication and rescue of traditional practices, and the ideological issue of cosmopolitanism and how it frames the older academic generation's attitudes to globalisation. It is important to grasp the importance of these points as they have been an important part of the discourse surrounding contemporary Chinese visual culture. As readers progress through this book, it will become clear that the debates surrounding visual culture are not purely based on aesthetics--an understanding of the ideological issues surrounding the appearance of things as well as an understanding of the social circumstances that result in the making of traditional artifacts are as important as the way a traditional object may look. Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture is an important book for all collections dealing with Asian studies, art, popular culture, and interdisciplinary studies.

Chinese Ways of Seeing and Open-Air Painting (Paperback): Yi Gu Chinese Ways of Seeing and Open-Air Painting (Paperback)
Yi Gu
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How did modern Chinese painters see landscape? Did they depict nature in the same way as premodern Chinese painters? What does the artistic perception of modern Chinese painters reveal about the relationship between artists and the nation-state? Could an understanding of modern Chinese landscape painting tell us something previously unknown about art, political change, and the epistemological and sensory regime of twentieth-century China? Yi Gu tackles these questions by focusing on the rise of open-air painting in modern China. Chinese artists almost never painted outdoors until the late 1910s, when the New Culture Movement prompted them to embrace direct observation, linear perspective, and a conception of vision based on Cartesian optics. The new landscape practice brought with it unprecedented emphasis on perception and redefined artistic expertise. Central to the pursuit of open-air painting from the late 1910s right through to the early 1960s was a reinvigorated and ever-growing urgency to see suitably as a Chinese and to see the Chinese homeland correctly. Examining this long-overlooked ocular turn, Gu not only provides an innovative perspective from which to reflect on complicated interactions of the global and local in China, but also calls for rethinking the nature of visual modernity there.

Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions (Hardcover): Duncan P. McKinnon, Jeffrey S. Girard, Timothy K Perttula Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions (Hardcover)
Duncan P. McKinnon, Jeffrey S. Girard, Timothy K Perttula; Contributions by Chase Earles, Ann Early, …
R1,884 Discovery Miles 18 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Finely decorated ceramic vessels made for cooking, storage, and serving were a hallmark of Native Caddo cultures. The tradition began as many as 3,000 years ago among Woodland-period ancestors, thrived between c. 800 and 1800, and continues today in the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. In Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions, eighteen experts offer a comprehensive assessment of recent findings about the manufacture and use of Caddo pottery, touching on craft technology, artistic and stylistic variation, and links between ancestral production and modern artistic expression. Part I discusses the evolution of ceramic design and morphology in the Caddo Archaeological Area by geographic region: southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, southeastern Oklahoma, and East Texas. It also gives focused study to the salt-making industry and its associated pottery. Part II features ceramic studies employing state-of-the-art techniques such as geochemical analysis, fine-grained analysis of stylistic elements, iconography, and network analysis. These essays yield increased understanding of specialized craft production and long-distance exchange; decorative variation at community and regional scales to reveal past communities of practice and identity; ancient Caddo cosmological and religious beliefs; and geographical variation in vessel forms. In Part III, two contemporary Caddos furnish an important Native perspective. Drawing on personal experience, they explore meaning and inspiration behind modern pottery productions as a cultural strategy for the persistence of community and identity. The first volume of its kind for Caddo archaeology, Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions is also a valuable reference on ceramic practices across the broader southeastern archaeological region.

Lives of the Gods - Divinity in Maya Art (Hardcover): Joanne Pillsbury, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, James A. Doyle Lives of the Gods - Divinity in Maya Art (Hardcover)
Joanne Pillsbury, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, James A. Doyle; Contributions by Iyaxel Cojti Ren, Caitlin C. Earley, …
R1,266 R1,198 Discovery Miles 11 980 Save R68 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This engaging exploration of the Maya pantheon introduces readers to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the stunning carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Classic period Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, Lives of the Gods reveals that ancient Maya artists evoked a pantheon as rich and complex as the more familiar Greco-Roman, Hindu-Buddhist, and Egyptian deities. The authors show how this powerful cosmology informed some of the greatest creative achievements of Maya civilization, represented here from the monumental to the miniature through more than 140 works in jade, stone, and clay. Thematic chapters supported by new scholarship on recent archaeological discoveries detail the different types of gods and their domains, the role of the divine in the lives of the ancient Maya, and the continuation of these traditions from the colonial period through the present day. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (November 21, 2022-April 2, 2023) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (May 7-September 3, 2023)

Decorative Arts, Part II - Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings (Hardcover): Virginia Bower, Josephine Hadle Knapp, Robert W... Decorative Arts, Part II - Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings (Hardcover)
Virginia Bower, Josephine Hadle Knapp, Robert W Torchia
R2,883 Discovery Miles 28 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume, the second in the series to catalogue the Gallery's collection of decorative arts, mainly draws from the renowned collection of the Widener and Steele families. It focuses primarily on Chinese ceramics from the Qing period, including earthenware, stoneware, and polychrome porcelain. In addition, rugs and carpets from the collection of Peter A.B. Widener are catalogued and published here for the first time.

Paths to Perfection: Buddhist Art at the Freer Sackler (Paperback): Debra Diamond Paths to Perfection: Buddhist Art at the Freer Sackler (Paperback)
Debra Diamond
R507 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R87 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new guidebook introduces readers to Buddhist art through the celebrated collections of the Smithsonian's museums of Asian art in Washington, DC. Paths to Perfection explores Buddhist art and its history across cultures. An intriguing look at artistic responses to one of the world's great religions.

In Plenty and in Time of Need - Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity (Paperback): Lia T. Bascomb In Plenty and in Time of Need - Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity (Paperback)
Lia T. Bascomb
R1,132 Discovery Miles 11 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Preston Singletary - Raven and the Box of Daylight (Hardcover): Miranda Belarde-Lewis, John Drury Preston Singletary - Raven and the Box of Daylight (Hardcover)
Miranda Belarde-Lewis, John Drury
R1,404 R1,142 Discovery Miles 11 420 Save R262 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The story Raven and the Box of Daylight, which tells how Raven transformed the world and brought light to the people by releasing the stars, moon, and sun, holds great significance to the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. A new body of work by artist Preston Singletary (American, born 1963) will immerse readers in Tlingit traditions by telling this story through his monumental glass works and installations. Primarily known for his celebration of Tlingit art and design, Singletary will explore new ways of working with glass inspired by Tlingit design principles. Tlingit objects were traditionally used to show wealth and tell stories by representing elements of the natural world, as well as the histories of individual families. By drawing upon this tradition, Singletary's art creates a unique theatrical atmosphere, in which the pieces follow and enhance a narrative. This book includes texts that place Singletary's work within the wider histories of both glass art and native arts traditions-especially the art of spoken-word storytelling. Also included are a biography and an interview with the artist.

The Planetary King - Humayun Padshah, Inventor and Visionary on the Mughal Throne (Hardcover): Ebba Koch The Planetary King - Humayun Padshah, Inventor and Visionary on the Mughal Throne (Hardcover)
Ebba Koch
R1,586 R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Save R204 (13%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Bone Carving (Paperback, 2nd edition): Stephen Myhre Bone Carving (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Stephen Myhre
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book provides what the author calls a 'skillbase' - a reliable set of practices and attitudes that can successfully produce bone carvings of great functional and aesthetic beauty.

Alternative Theater in Taiwan - Feminist and Intercultural Approaches (Hardcover, New): Iris Hsin-chun Tuan Alternative Theater in Taiwan - Feminist and Intercultural Approaches (Hardcover, New)
Iris Hsin-chun Tuan
R2,490 Discovery Miles 24 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Taiwan's historical and contemporary status as a nexus of Asian and Western cultural influences provides a rich canvas of research for the author who is uniquely trained in both Western critical and Taiwanese theatrical practices. This highly original book furnishes a creative interpretation of alternative, contemporary Taiwanese Theater by applying Feminism, Interculturalism and other western theories to three intercultural performances of four avant-garde female directors from 1993-2004. Although several important playwrights and directors have staged vital gender critiques of national and international practices, almost no critic has remarked upon them. The book's intersection of a gender critique, and, in part, a postcolonial one, with Taiwanese stage practices is, therefore, a unique and significant contribution. ..". This book is original and forward-looking in its approach." - Sue-Ellen Case, Professor and Chair, Critical Studies, Department of Theater, UCLA

Drawing from Life - Sketching and Socialist Realism in the People's Republic of China (Hardcover): Christine I. Ho Drawing from Life - Sketching and Socialist Realism in the People's Republic of China (Hardcover)
Christine I. Ho
R1,448 Discovery Miles 14 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing from Life explores revolutionary drawing and sketching in the early People's Republic of China (1949-1965) in order to discover how artists created a national form of socialist realism. Tracing the development of seminal works by the major painters Xu Beihong, Wang Shikuo, Li Keran, Li Xiongcai, Dong Xiwen, and Fu Baoshi, author Christine I. Ho reconstructs how artists grappled with the representational politics of a nascent socialist art. The divergent approaches, styles, and genres presented in this study reveal an art world that is both heterogeneous and cosmopolitan. Through a history of artistic practices in pursuit of Maoist cultural ambitions-to forge new registers of experience, new structures of feeling, and new aesthetic communities-this original book argues that socialist Chinese art presents a critical, alternative vision for global modernism.

Hell Creek Anthology (Paperback): J.T. Welsch Hell Creek Anthology (Paperback)
J.T. Welsch
R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Uncooperative Contemporaries - Art Exhibitions in Shanghai C. 2000 (Paperback): Jane DeBevoise, Lee Weng Choy, Hou Hanru, Wu... Uncooperative Contemporaries - Art Exhibitions in Shanghai C. 2000 (Paperback)
Jane DeBevoise, Lee Weng Choy, Hou Hanru, Wu Hung, Ai Weiwei, …
R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
John Lockwood Kipling - Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London (Hardcover): Julius Bryant, Susan Weber John Lockwood Kipling - Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London (Hardcover)
Julius Bryant, Susan Weber; Contributions by Catherine Arburthnott, Barbara Bryant, Julius Bryant, …
R1,769 Discovery Miles 17 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) started his career as an architectural sculptor at the South Kensington Museum (today the Victoria and Albert Museum). Much of his life, however, was spent in British India, where his son Rudyard was born. He taught at the Bombay School of Art and later was appointed principal of the new Mayo School of Art (today Pakistan's National College of Art and Design) as well as curator of its museum in Lahore. Over several years, Kipling toured the northern provinces of India, documenting the processes of local craftsmen, a cultural preservation project that provides a unique record of 19th-century Indian craft customs. This is the first book to explore the full spectrum of artistic, pedagogical, and archival achievements of this fascinating man of letters, demonstrating the sincerity of his work as an artist, teacher, administrator, and activist. Published in association with Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Schedule: Victoria and Albert Museum, London (01/14/17-04/02/17) Bard Graduate Center, New York (09/15/17-01/07/18)

Converging Streams - Art of the Hispanic & Native American Southwest from Preconquest Times to the Twentieth Century... Converging Streams - Art of the Hispanic & Native American Southwest from Preconquest Times to the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
William Wroth, Robin Farwell Gavineds
R1,237 R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Save R117 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This lushly illustrated book examines the cross-cultural influences and unique artistic dialogue between Hispano and Native American arts in the Southwest over the past 400 years since Spanish colonization. Insightful essays by historians, artists, and scholars including Estevan Rael-Galvez, Lane Coulter, Enrique R. Lamadrid, Marc Simmons, and others, explore the impact of cultural interaction on various art forms including painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles, architecture, furniture and performance and ceremonial arts. Over 150 art works and photographs gathered from museums across the country are testimony to the unique Southwestern aesthetic that developed from this dynamic cultural exchange. Published as companion to an exhibition at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico on display through September 30, 2010.

Indian Basketry of the Northeastern Woodlands (Hardcover): Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh, William A. Turnbaugh Indian Basketry of the Northeastern Woodlands (Hardcover)
Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh, William A. Turnbaugh
R1,475 R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Save R356 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With hundreds of vivid and detailed color photographs and an easy narrative style enlivened by historical vignettes and images, the authors bring overdue appreciation to a centuries-old Native American basketmaking tradition in the Northeast. Explore the full range of vintage Indian woodsplint and sweetgrass basketry in the Northeastern U.S. and Canada, from practical "work" baskets made for domestic use to whimsical "fancy" wares that appealed to Victorian tourists. Basket collectors may compare four regional styles: Southern New England and Long Island, Northern New England and Canadian Maritimes, Upper New York State, and the Great Lakes. Learn of the craft's key role in supporting many Eastern Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples through generations of turmoil and change. Discover how today's creative young artisans are building upon their legacy. The book's "Resources" section guides readers to relevant websites and publications as well as northeastern Indian basketry collections in more than 30 public museums.

Triennial City - Localising Asian Art (Paperback): Beccy Kennedy, Alnoor Mitha, Leon Wainwright Triennial City - Localising Asian Art (Paperback)
Beccy Kennedy, Alnoor Mitha, Leon Wainwright
R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Journey Through Islamic Arts (English, Italian, Hardcover): Na'ima Bint Robert Journey Through Islamic Arts (English, Italian, Hardcover)
Na'ima Bint Robert; Illustrated by Diana Mayo
R308 R207 Discovery Miles 2 070 Save R101 (33%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Journey Through Islamic Arts (English, Gujarati, Hardcover): Na'ima Bint Robert Journey Through Islamic Arts (English, Gujarati, Hardcover)
Na'ima Bint Robert; Illustrated by Diana Mayo
R308 R207 Discovery Miles 2 070 Save R101 (33%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Hijrah - In the Footsteps of the Prophet (Hardcover): Idries Trevathan Hijrah - In the Footsteps of the Prophet (Hardcover)
Idries Trevathan; Contributions by Abdullah Hussein Alkadi, Kumail Al Musaly, Hamza Yusuf, Daoud Stephen Casewit, …
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With the help of scholars, historians and artists, and through a range of diverse media, this book sets out to follow in the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad (*), retracing his movements during the famous Hijrah 'migration', from Makkah to the oasis town of Yathrib soon to become Madinat an-Nabi, the ''City of the Prophet". Situating the Hijrah firmly within the geography in which it unfolded, the book uses the sacred landscape of the Hijrah as a receptacle for its stories, memories and the events that took place along the route, thus providing tangible links between us and this momentous journey as never before experienced. For over fourteen hundred years, al-Hijrah, the famous story of the Prophet Muhammad's (*) 'migration' from Makkah to Madinah, has been told and retold by generations of Muslims throughout the world. This story, one of endurance overcoming adversity in pursuit of religious freedom to establish a nation united by bonds of brotherhood and faith, has continued to be an inspiration from which renewed meanings have been drawn. This book follows in the footsteps of the Prophet (*), retracing his movements during this crucial journey, and examining what occurred as he left his home in Makkah to the oasis town of Yathrib soon to become the "City of the Prophet". However, unlike anything seen before, this book anchors the Hijrah firmly within the geography in which it unfolded. Acting as a receptacle for its stories, memories and the events that took place along the route, the sacred landscape of the Hijrah provides tangible links between us and this momentous journey as never before, bringing a greater appreciation of the Hijrah story.

Journey Through Islamic Arts (English, Turkish, Hardcover): Na'ima Bint Robert Journey Through Islamic Arts (English, Turkish, Hardcover)
Na'ima Bint Robert; Illustrated by Diana Mayo
R308 R207 Discovery Miles 2 070 Save R101 (33%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A young girl's imagination takes flight and carries her on a magical journey. From the great mosques to wondrous palaces and ornamental gardens, she journeys through the rich artistic heritage of the Islamic civilization. The richness and beauty of Islamic art is brought to life.

Art of Stillness (Hardcover, 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed): Allain Paul Art of Stillness (Hardcover, 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed)
Allain Paul
R581 R476 Discovery Miles 4 760 Save R105 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For over forty years, Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theater, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions including his famous production of The Trojan Women, which subsequently toured around the world. An intergral part of his work has been the development and teaching of his rigorous and controversial training system, the Suzuki method, whose principles have also been highly influential in contemporary theater. Paul Allain, an experienced practitioner of the Suzuki method, re-evaluates Suzuki's work, giving a lucid overview of his development towards an international theater aesthetic. He examines Suzuki's collaborators, the importance of architecture and environment in his theater and his impact on performance all over the world. The Art of Stillness is a lively, critical study of one of the most important and uncompromising figures in contemporary world theater.

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