Buchhandlung Walther König

Netsuke & Sagemono

Around Chigusa

"Around Chigusa" investigates the cultural and artistic milieu in which a humble jar of Chinese origin dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century became Chigusa, a revered, named object in the ...

Les Compagnies des Indes

A partir de documents des archives du ministère de la Défense, des Archives nationales, de la Bibliothèque nationale de France et du Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, retrace 130 ans d'aventure ...

Miniatur-Geschichten

Zwei bislang nahezu unbekannte Sammlungskonvolute indischer Malerei des späten 17. und frühen 18. Jahrhunderts im Dresdner Kupferstich-Kabinett stehen im Fokus der "Miniatur-Geschichten": 1738 w ...

Japan in Early Photographs

Archipel: Indonesia Kingdoms of the Sea

As an area of confluences and encounters, the Indonesian archipelago has always been one of the most important crossroads of world trade, where Austronesian ships, Arab dhows, Chinese junks, Iberi ...

On the Paths of Enlightenment

With the publication of "On the Language and Wisdom of Western Culture" by Friedrich Schlegel in 1808 as a starting point, this volume retraces the history of the Western fascination for India and ...

INK: Zeitgenössische Tuschemalerei aus China

Mosques: Splendors of Islam

Illustrated with original and archival photographs this publication showcases mosques from Europe, the Indian subcontinent, North America, North Africa and the sub-Sahara, the Middle East, Russia ...

Through the Eyes of Picasso

Picasso once famously - and provocatively - declared that he was not acquainted with African art. Yet hundreds of archival documents and photographs - in addition to reproductions of his artworks ...

Power and Other Things - Europalia Indonesia

The texts include Walter Mignolo's critical essay on decoloniality and two histories of Indonesian art by Bambang Bujono and Aminudin TH Siregar in relation to colonial and post-colonial conditions.

Hawai'i: Königliche Inseln im Pazifik

Der Katalog thematisiert die Geschichte des Königreichs Hawai'i von der Zeit der Entdeckung durch James Cook im Jahr 1778 bis zur Kunstszene des 21. Jahrhunderts.

Crossing Cultures: Farbholzschnitt

Terracotta Army

A richly illustrated book featuring recent revelations about China's first emperor, Ying Zheng, and his famous burial site containing an army of life-size terracotta soldiers and other artifacts.

Kantha

The part of Bengal where the Ganges River flows into the Bay of Bengal has historically been the source of the finest cotton ever produced. The kind of embroidery known as kantha is created from t ...

Hell in Japanese Art

This art book showcases depictions of hell in Japanese art from the 12th century to the 19th century. It features a large collection of masterpieces presented with details and enlargements from th ...

Beyond Compare: Art from Africa in the Bode Museum

Himalayan Masks: Lanfranchi Collection

In dieser großformatigen Publikation werden die Masken der Lanfranchi Collection in ganzseitigen Aufnahmen vorgestellt. Sie wurden in über 20 Jahren zusammengetragen und waren zum größten Teil ...