Buchhandlung Walther König

Objets d'art chinois

Bolihua: Chinesische Hinterglasmalerei

Der Sinologe Rupprecht Mayer stellt in diesem Bildband 143 chinesische Hinterglasbilder aus einer süddeutschen Privatsammlung vor. Traditionelle Glücksmotive, Szenen aus Dramen und Romanen, Land ...

Frühchinesische Keramik

Mit 174 Stücken aus der Zeit zwischen 1050 v. Chr. und 1280 n. Chr. bietet die qualitativ herausragende, bislang unveröffentlichte Sammlung Dr. Heribert Meurer ein beeindruckendes Panorama der F ...

Age of Empires

"Age of Empires" presents the art and culture of China during one of the most critical periods of its history - the four centuries from 221 B.C. to A.D. 200 - when, for the first time, people of d ...

Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über die Geschichte des gerade einmal dreißig Jahre währendden deutschen Kolonialreiches in Afrika, Asien und der Südsee.

This nuanced account explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers an important reexamination of the mid-16th-century Popol Vuh, long considered an authoritative te ...

The Edo period (1603-1868) witnessed one of the great flowerings of Japanese art. From the mid-seventeenth century, the Japanese states were largely at peace, and rapid urbanization, a rise in lit ...

Imperial Threads

"Imperial Threads" brings a new perspective to the Museum of Islamic Art's collection by showing the connection between three major dynasties - Turkey, Iran and India - who mark the start of the e ...

Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum, the book casts fresh light on the sublime paintings and prints Hokusai created in the last thirty years of his life.

Nyonya Needlework

This exhibition celebrates the art of nyonya needlework, a vibrant part of Peranakan Chinese heritage. Spectacular curtains and hangings, delicate purses, handkerchiefs, and slippers were painstak ...

The history of China - brilliantly told and brought vividly to life through 7.000 years of objects from fine art to the everyday. The book is published to coincide with the reopening of the Britis ...

Modern Chinese Painting & Europe

Zu Beginn des 20.Jahrhunderts war nicht nur China, sondern die gesamte Welt geprägt von Kriegen, Revolutionen und dem daraus entstehenden Drang zur Neuorientierung. Chinesische Künstler reisten ...

The Penguin Book of Haiku

The first Penguin volume of the best Japanese haiku in a vivid translation.

Anhand der umfangreichen Privatsammlung Christian H. Lutz bietet dieser reich bebilderte Band einen großartigen Überblick über mehrere Jahrhunderte buddhistischer Kunst aus dem Himalaya-Gebiet. ...

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 ...

An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden.

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 ...

New Guinea Highlands: Jolika Collection

The first major publication on the art of the New Guinea Highlands, this extraordinary volume is destined to become the definitive resource on this little-known region.

Weygold: Künstler und Erforscher nordamerikanischer Indianer

Japan in Early Photographs

L'ikat est un procédé de teinture sur fils avec réserves, ensuite utilisés pour réaliser un tissu. D'abord utilisé en Asie du Sud-Est, il s'est répandu par le monde islamique le long de la ...

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 ...