Art History

Photography became a dominant medium in cultural life starting in the late nineteenth century. As it happened, viewers increasingly used their reac...

Animals have always been compelling subjects for artists, but the rise of animal advocacy and posthumanist thought has prompted a reconsideration o...

Collected articles on Iranian art from the Qajar dynasty. The thirteen articles in this volume were originally given as presentations at the symp...

With How to Draw Manga Furries, you'll follow the lead of five professional Japanese artists as they show you how to bring dynamic fantasy characte...

A Beginner's Guide to Chinese Brush Painting teaches this ancient art form in an easy-to-understand wayno prior experience necessary!As one of the ...

This monumental reference worklong awaited by collectors and scholarsfills an essential gap in the available literature on oriental rugs. Lavishly ...

These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature twelve Asian-inspired prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. An intr...

Xuanhe Catalogue of Paintings is the first complete translation of the well-known document produced at the court of Emperor Huizong (r. 11001125). ...

A sweeping and lavishly illustrated overview of a transformative period in Japanese art-making Japan''s Edo period (1615-1868) witnessed the arriva...

An extraordinary glimpse into imperial art from the Qianlong Garden, one of Chinas most stunning historical sites, located deep within the Forbidde...

These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature six whimsical watercolor patterns, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. ...

This lavishly illustrated book collects papers delivered at the third Gingko conference: The Mercantile Effect: On art and exchange in the Islamica...

One of the preeminent figures in 20th-century Chinese art, Fu Baoshi (1904-1965) revolutionized the tradition of Chinese ink painting, opening the ...

Chinese wallpaper has been an important element of western interior decoration for three hundred years. As trade between Europe and China flourishe...

Chinese Art and the Reeves Collection is a selection of some of the finest examples of Chinese natural history drawings in the Natural History Muse...

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of traditional Japanese ceramic culture as interpreted by todays leading designers The art of Japanese porcelain ...

In this Japanese ink painting book renowned Japanese master Shozo Sato offers his own personal teaching on the beautiful art of sumi-e painting.Sum...

Zen art poses a conundrum. On the one hand, Zen Buddhism emphasizes the concept of emptiness, which among other things asserts that form is empty, ...

Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations.This stun...

In this beautiful and extraordinary zen calligraphy book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the art...