Buchhandlung Walther König

Tree and Serpent: 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.

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 ...

Africa and Byzantium

Medieval art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire, but less known are the profound artistic contributions of Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful African kingdoms ...

Madayin: Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting

This volume chronicles the rise of a globally significant art movement, as told from the perspective of the Yolngu people of northeastern Australia. It presents more than 90 iconic paintings on eu ...

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.

Kimono Style: Edo Traditions to Modern Design

Though often presented as an unchanging, traditional costume in the West, the Japanese kimono dynamically evolved from the Edo period to the modern age. This publication explores the kimono's fasc ...

The Art of Impermanence

Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara

This publication is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of the diverse cultural achievements and traditions of the region, spanning more than 1,300 years from the pre-Islamic period ...

Diamond Mountains: Korean Art

A dazzling exploration of the pictorial traditions inspired by Korea s legendary Diamond Mountains.

Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790

This beautiful and groundbreaking book provides the first in-depth reassessment of 18th-century Mexican painting, making accessible an extraordinary body of images, alongside compelling new schola ...

Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas

"Golden Kingdoms" creates new understandings of ancient American art through a thematic exploration of indigenous ideas of value and luxury. The concept of exchange of ideas and materials is at th ...

Out of Character - paperback

What defines a masterwork of calligraphy? "Out of Character", a collaborative effort from leading Chinese and U.S. scholars, tries to answer this question by focusing on fifteen calligraphic maste ...

Global by Design

The exhibition focuses on Chinese ceramics from the late 16th to the 18th century, a period during which porcelain became a global luxury. "Global by Design" features 60 highlights from this impor ...

Court and Cosmos: Seljuqs

Rising from humble origins as Turkic tribesman, the powerful and culturally prolific Seljuqs-a dynastic tribe whose reach extended from Central Asia to the eastern Mediterranean-dominated the Isla ...

Life of Cats

Focusing on prints from the vibrant Edo period, this delightful publication uses art as a lens to explore the role and significance of cats in Japanese society.

Buddhist Art of Myanmar

The practice of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) has resulted in the production of dazzling objects since the 5th century. This landmark publication presents the first overview of these magnificent wor ...

China: Through the Looking Glass

For centuries, China's export arts-jade, silks, porcelains, and, more recently, cinema-have fueled Western fantasies of an exotic East and served as enduring sources of inspiration for fashion. Th ...

Collecting Paradise

From the 7th to 11th centuries, Kashmir - a lush valley connected to the Silk Road - was a wealthy center of transcultural trade, culture and religion. Beginning in the 10th century, Buddhists in ...

Design for Eternity

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Deccan plateau of south-central India was home to a series of important, highly cultured Muslim kingdoms and was a nexus of international trade. Invigorated by ...

Traveler Artists

In the 19th century, European and North American travelers illustrated narratives of their explorations in the New World that were published in Europe. Europeans imagined the tropics as a site for ...