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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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189,45 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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241,70 zł |
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The Art of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its History and Meaning
ISBN: 9781590306703 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched--from Afghanistan to Korea, from Mongolia to Java. Buddhist art is a radiant reflection of the encounter of the Buddha's teachings with the diverse civilizations that came under their sway. It is also an intriguing visual record of the evolution of Buddhist practice and philosophy over a period of more than two millennia. More than two hundred photographs provide the visual context for this tour of the world of Buddhist art. Included in the rich variety of forms...
As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched--from Afghanistan to ...
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186,26 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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104,88 zł |
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In the Realm of Gods and Kings: Arts of India
ISBN: 9781781300145 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each work is fully illustrated and most of these works have not been previously published. The book also includes short background essays describing aspects of Indian life related to the works. This volume celebrates the wealth and diversity of the arts of India created for the life of courts and temples from 1000 BC to the twentieth century. Paintings, objects and photographs, ranging in date from the second century BC to the late twentieth century, reflect the variety and continuity of India's aesthetic traditions.
Andrew Topsfield, the editor, has contributed background essays... Each work is fully illustrated and most of these works have not been previously published. The book also includes short background essays describing a...
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138,08 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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414,23 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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561,41 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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82,77 zł |
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Indian Temple Sculpture
ISBN: 9781851779192 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautiful reprint illustrates the V&A's unrivalled collection of South Asian sculpture, putting Indian temple sculpture in its context as an instrument of worship intended to embody powerful religious experience.
This beautiful reprint illustrates the V&A's unrivalled collection of South Asian sculpture, putting Indian temple sculpture in its context as an inst...
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181,08 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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320,33 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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327,60 zł |
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Facing India: India from a Female Point of View
ISBN: 9783775744010 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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206,96 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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325,30 zł |
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The Arts and Crafts of the Hunza Valley in Pakistan: Living Traditions in the Karakoram
ISBN: 9780199405206 / Angielski / Twarda / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author has conducted extensive, ethnographic field-research in the Hunza Valley region of Pakistan. Over the span of 20 years, he has compiled data regarding the various types of arts and crafts in the region by interviewing locals and craftsmen. He logs both current and fading art forms such as jewellery, pottery, architecture, and woodwork.
The author has conducted extensive, ethnographic field-research in the Hunza Valley region of Pakistan. Over the span of 20 years, he has compiled dat...
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203,33 zł |
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Modern Art of Southeast Asia: Introductions from A to Z
ISBN: 9789811147258 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conceived for the general reader, Modern Southeast Asian Art from A to Z features 80 bite-sized accounts of the key ideas and currents underlying modern art in the region, clearly explained for everyone to appreciate. These are accompanied by beautifully reproduced artworks from the collection of National Gallery Singapore, as well as archival material, to make for an informative and interesting first encounter with art.
Conceived for the general reader, Modern Southeast Asian Art from A to Z features 80 bite-sized accounts of the key ideas and currents underlying mode...
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144,62 zł |
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Ajanta Cave No. 1: Documented According to the Ajanta Corpus of Dieter Schlingloff
ISBN: 9788192510774 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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218,36 zł |
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The Indian Textile Sourcebook: Patterns and Techniques
ISBN: 9780500480427 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An invaluable sourcebook of Indian textile patterns, organized by pattern type and explored by technique, and covering every region.
An invaluable sourcebook of Indian textile patterns, organized by pattern type and explored by technique, and covering every region.
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181,08 zł |
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The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian Images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
ISBN: 9789088906176 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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138,08 zł |
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The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian Images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
ISBN: 9789088906183 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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414,23 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent
ISBN: 9781350017245 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1049,37 zł |
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