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Ralli Quilts: Traditional Textiles from Pakistan and India
ISBN: 9780764316975 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of a fascinating quilting tradition found in southern Pakistan and neighboring western India. These quilts, called ralli, are stunning in their designs, brilliant in their colors, and intriguing in their history. The designs, which include patchwork, appliqu*/e, and embroidered styles, are reminiscent of motifs found on painted pottery from the ancient civilizations of the area. Showcased here are more than 130 stunning ralli quilts, all shown in full color. They date primarily from the mid- to late twentieth century and feature a wondrous array of designs and...
This book tells the story of a fascinating quilting tradition found in southern Pakistan and neighboring western India. These quilts, called ralli, ar...
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141,19 zł |
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Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, Events, Indian Culture and Customs, Information Sources, Art and F
ISBN: 9780786409648 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every aspect of the career of General George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn is covered here. The people are detailed, as are the military campaigns, battles, historical events, equipment and terminology.
Every aspect of the career of General George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn is covered here. The people are detailed, as are th...
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167,43 zł |
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Native Friendships: Our New Buffalo Dancer and Related Tributes to Indian Art and Artists
ISBN: 9781434339447 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Native Friendships goes far beyond its title. While the close personal relationships established over the years with many Native American artists is an underlying and critical theme, the book is also very much about Indian art itself-from how it is made to how it is sold. Between these two steps enters the fun of acquiring this endearing art form and how much more valuable it becomes to the owner by knowing the artist who made it. Participate in the trials, tribulations and frustrations the artists had to endure throughout the creative process. Share the pleasure of admiring a finished piece....
Native Friendships goes far beyond its title. While the close personal relationships established over the years with many Native American artists is a...
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212,66 zł |
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Fire and Other Images
ISBN: 9788185229829 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fire and Other Images comprises a selection of prose pieces by Paritosh Sen, originally written and published in Bengali and rendered into English here, in an attempt to make them available to a wider audience. The pencil sketches that illustrate the narratives were done by the artist for this book. In these vignettes of his past Paritosh Sen evokes a world that we have lost, a memory of what has been and gone; yet the very act of evocation creates a powerful presence. His family was large enough for him, as a child, to lose himself in his own vision of the world: a vision that has...
Fire and Other Images comprises a selection of prose pieces by Paritosh Sen, originally written and published in Bengali and rendered into Engl...
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97,30 zł |
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Alamkara: 5000 Years of Indian Art
ISBN: 9789971917777 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alamkara is a Sanskrit word for ornamentation or decoration. This book examines ornamentation in the context of Indian objects made for use in domestic, courtly, and religious settings. Three essays and a catalogue section develop this notion. From the exhibition: Alamkara is a Sanskrit word for ornamentation or decoration. This book examines ornamentation in the context of Indian objects made for use in dome... |
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77,84 zł |
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The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe
ISBN: 9780939117765 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection by the Asian Art Museum is a selection of works depicting the ancient Rama Epic. The Rama Epic--recounting the struggle of Prince Rama to defeat a demonic king, rescue his abducted wife, and reestablish order in the world--has been a subject for visual and performing arts, literature, and religious thought in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia for many centuries. A huge number of artworks relating to the Rama legends have been made over the course of 1500 years in a dozen countries. The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe illustrates some of the...
This collection by the Asian Art Museum is a selection of works depicting the ancient Rama Epic. The Rama Epic--recounting the struggle of ...
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204,45 zł |
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ARC Silt Dive: The Works of Sheba Chhachhi
ISBN: 9789382381761 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last three decades, Sheba Chhachhi has developed an art practice that traverses the fields of documentary photography, installation, video and new media, creating immersive environments and bringing the contemplative into the political, in both site-specific public art and independent works. She has created a number of large photo-based installations incorporating light, sound and the moving image, and pursued long-term photography projects such as on women-ascetics and the female body. Chhachhi experiments across the spectrum of durational mediums from pre-cinematic animated...
Over the last three decades, Sheba Chhachhi has developed an art practice that traverses the fields of documentary photography, installation, video an...
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384,30 zł |
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A Library of Manuscripts from India
ISBN: 9781911300120 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautiful collection of illustrated manuscripts takes the reader on a visual journey through great epics, charged romances and colourful cautionary tales from the Indian subcontinent of the 16th to 20th centuries. The rich variety of languages, religious traditions and schools of art of the Indian subcontinent are brought together in this exceptional library of Indian manuscripts. Religious and philosophical texts from Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Sikh and Zoroastrian schools of thought are all represented in illustrated manuscripts. This library shows how these various faiths...
This beautiful collection of illustrated manuscripts takes the reader on a visual journey through great epics, charged romances and colourful cautiona...
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102,48 zł |
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Feminisms and Contemporary Art in Indonesia: Defining Experiences
ISBN: 9789089648457 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While Indonesian contemporary art is currently on the rise on the international art scene, there hasn t yet been an in-depth study of the works of Indonesian women artists and the feminist strategies they employ within the art world. This book fills that gap, presenting the first comprehensive study of feminisms and contemporary arts in Indonesia, using feminist readings to analyze the works of Indonesian women artists historically and today, illuminating the sociocultural contexts in which they have worked and offering a nuanced understanding of local feminisms in the nation.
" While Indonesian contemporary art is currently on the rise on the international art scene, there hasn t yet been an in-depth study of the works of Ind...
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559,80 zł |
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
ISBN: 9780691176048 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly from the Sanskrit. It provides a comprehensive introduction to visual thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought. Ultimately, the book shows that profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions on the riddles of life and death are universally recognizable. A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs foun... |
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76,67 zł |
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Vivan Sundaram: History Project
ISBN: 9789382381945 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an intensive reconsideration of the very first site-specific installation staged in India. Vivan Sundaram, one of India's most innovative artists, located his History Project, marking fifty years of Indian independence, in a hugely visited and popular public institution, the Victoria Memorial and Museum in Kolkata. The artist's choice of setting was by way of a challenge: to 'occupy' an imperial edifice and change its orientation; to reflect India's struggle for independence and the emerging nation's stake in modernity through an anachronistic mirror; and to engage with...
This book is an intensive reconsideration of the very first site-specific installation staged in India. Vivan Sundaram, one of India's most innovative...
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297,19 zł |
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A Mystical Realm of Love: Pahari Painitings from the EVA & Konrad Seitz Collection
ISBN: 9781912168057 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eva and Konrad Seitz have put together over many years an outstanding collection of some of the most famous and important of all 18th century Pahari paintings, including miniatures commissioned by the Rajput rulers of the Punjab Hill states (1650-1850). This profusely illustrated book with meticulous research by J.P. Losty (curator emeritus British Library), designed by Misha Anikst and published by Francesca Galloway, London, gives the reader the opportunity to see the collection in its entirety. Pahari paintings have been the focus of Eva and Konrad Seitz’s collection since the couple...
Eva and Konrad Seitz have put together over many years an outstanding collection of some of the most famous and important of all 18th century Pahari p...
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438,10 zł |
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On the Paths of Enlightenment: The Myth of India in Western Culture 1808-2017
ISBN: 9788857236667 / Angielski / Twarda / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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288,23 zł |
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Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe
ISBN: 9780939117772 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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136,25 zł |
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Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550-1850
ISBN: 9780295745374 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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306,67 zł |
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Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia Since the 19th Century; Selections from the Exhibition
ISBN: 9789810973858 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between Declarations and Dreams at National Gallery Singapore is the first long-term exhibition devoted to the historical development of art in Southeast Asia from a regional perspective. This portable album presents an overview of the exhibition through a selection of 100 works.
Between Declarations and Dreams at National Gallery Singapore is the first long-term exhibition devoted to the historical development of art in Southe...
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40,99 zł |
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The Making of National Gallery Singapore
ISBN: 9789810973438 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Accompanied by stunning photographs, this publication animates the story of the origins and physical transformations of the neoclassical City Hall and former Supreme Court- two buildings that have been focal points for many seminal events in Singapore's history- into National Gallery Singapore, which overseas the largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian modern art. Chapters within flesh out the colonial past of the buildings, the conception and organisation of the architectural design competition, and the ambitious ten-year process of envisioning, designing and building this...
Accompanied by stunning photographs, this publication animates the story of the origins and physical transformations of the neoclassical City Hall and...
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225,46 zł |
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Siapa Nama Kamu?: Art in Singapore Since the 19th Century: Selections from the Exhibition
ISBN: 9789810973841 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Siapa Nama Kamu? weaves together a rich and captivating narrative of artworks in a broadly chronological sequence, covering Singapore's art history from the 19th century to the present. This handy little guide presents an overview of the exhibition through 100 key works. Beautifully reproduced and accompanied by curatorial texts, it tells the story of nearly two centuries of art in Singapore- one of diverse influences, shared impulses and ceaseless flux.
Siapa Nama Kamu? weaves together a rich and captivating narrative of artworks in a broadly chronological sequence, covering Singapore's art history fr...
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40,99 zł |
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A Fact Has No Appearance
ISBN: 9789810984335 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The exhibition A Fact Has No Appearance explores the impact of new ideas on art in Southeast Asia during the 1970s through the case studies of three artists: Johnny Manahan, Redza Piyadasa, and Tan Teng-Kee, all of whom have been recognised for breaking ground in Southeast Asian modern art. With essays that deliberate upon the impact of their works during the 1970s as well as a rich documentation of their works and archival materials, this catalogue presents a concise study of the three artists and also offers insight into how conceptual art practices took hold in this region.
The exhibition A Fact Has No Appearance explores the impact of new ideas on art in Southeast Asia during the 1970s through the case studies of three a...
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102,48 zł |
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Siapa Nama Kamu? (Catalogue): Art in Singapore Since the 19th Century
ISBN: 9789810973520 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published to accompany National Gallery Singapore's inaugural exhibition Siapa Namu Kamu?, this catalogue presents a survey of Singapore art from the 19th century to the present, charting major themes across broad time periods. Over 400 works of art in a wide range of media are brought together to trace the ebb and flow of the history of Singapore art. Curatorial essays provide insight into the exhibition that considers the parameters of time and nation in relation to the history of art in Singapore.
Published to accompany National Gallery Singapore's inaugural exhibition Siapa Namu Kamu?, this catalogue presents a survey of Singapore art from the ...
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225,46 zł |
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