Buchhandlung Walther König

Hiroshige et l'éventail

Grand nom de l'ukiyo-e, Hiroshige a produit de nombreuses estampes destinées à décorer des éventails. Tirées en un petit nombre d'exemplaires, ces oeuvres illustrent les thèmes et images car ...

Naga Land

Gegen den Strom: Francis La Flesche

Portrait des ersten indigenen Ethnologen Nordamerikas.

Re-Orientations: Europa und die islamischen Künste

Kunst und Architektur der islamischen Welt prägten die Entwicklung der westlichen Moderne entscheidend. Rund 200 Werke von der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis heute veranschaulichen diesen spannen ...

The Offbeat Sari

Explores how the sari has become a site for design innovation, an expression of identity, a form of resistance, and a crafted object carrying layers of cultural meanings.

Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece

Luxurious objects are celebrated for their exoticism, rarity and style, but also disparaged as indulgent, extravagant and corrupt. The ancient origins of these attitudes emerged at the boundary be ...

China's Hidden Century 1796-1912

The first genre-spanning study of how Chinese cultural creativity flourished during the long final century of the Qing empire (1796-1912) amid exceptional levels of violence and political turmoil.

Oceania: The Shape of Time

Offering a fresh look at Oceanic art that incorporates new scholarship and perspectives from Indigenous voices, this book is an essential resource on the diverse nations and communities of the Pac ...

Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India

With new photography of extraordinarily rare works of art, this pioneering study features discoveries and research essential to understanding the origins and meaning of Buddhist artistic traditions.

Evaporating Suns

"Evaporating Suns" erkundet Mythen aus der Region des Arabischen Golfs entlang von 13 künstlerischen Positionen.

The Riddles of Ukiyo-e

"The Riddles of Ukiyo-e" seeks to dig below the surface of prints created in the heyday of Japanese printmaking (1765-1865), unveiling the often subtle iconography employed in these masterful crea ...

Pathways of Art: How Objects Get to the Museum

Non-European artworks in European and American museums have become the subject of controversial debate. How exactly these collections of art from Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Oceania ...

Jain sein: Kunst und Kultur einer indischen Religion

Kaum eine Religion formuliert ethische Werte radikaler als der Jainismus. Absolute Gewaltlosigkeit, der Verzicht auf Besitz sowie universale Toleranz sind bis heute Leitgedanken dieser aus Indien ...

The Secret of Colours

This exhibition catalogue explores the intriguing story of porcelain glaze at the end of the 18th century in China, in the 19th century in France, and in the work of two 20th century ceramic artis ...

Art of the Ottomans 1450-1600

The catalog offers a visual and cultural journey that tells the story of the golden age of Ottoman art through 5 materials: carpets, fabrics, ceramics, metals and book arts, for a total of about 7 ...

Tarz: Broder au Maroc, hier et aujourd'hui

Présentation du fonds de broderies marocaines du musée d'Angoulême, constitué entre 1934 et 1996. Les sept grandes écoles de broderie sont représentées, montrant les spécificités visuelle ...

Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan

Catalogue retraçant l'histoire, les bouleversements et les enjeux des routes caravanières en Ouzbékistan sur une période de seize siècles. Nommées routes de la soie au XIXe siècle, elles pe ...

Bamigboye: Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition

"Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition" is the first monograph dedicated to the 50-year career of the Nigerian artist Moshood Olúsomo Bámigbóyè (ca. 1885-1975). One of the mo ...

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art

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.

Villa Dürckheim: Matti Braun & Rudolf Smend

Die Mappe erscheint anläßlich der Ausstellung von Matti Braun und Rudolf Smend in der Villa Dürckheim in Weimar. Im großen Salon der Villa werden zehn originale Batiken aus der Sammlung Rudolf ...

Being Jain: Art and Culture of an Indian Religion

"Strict non-violence, the renunciation of possession and universal tolerance are the guiding principles of Jainism - a religious community that is found around the world, yet which is hardly known ...

Galloping Through the Dynasties

On the symbolic and stylistic transformations of the horse motif in Chinese painting from the ancient Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1045 - 771 BCE) to the end of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

Sammlung präkolumbischer Textilien

Textilien spielten in Peru nicht nur in präkolumbischer Zeit eine herausragende Rolle in der Gesellschaft. Als Geschenke und Tribute, aber auch als alltägliche Kleidung blieben sie dank der gün ...