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 ...

Ethnologie und Weltkulturenmuseum

Mit großer Intensität wurde in den letzten Jahren über ethnographische Sammlungen im deutschsprachigen Raum diskutiert. Einer der Gründe dafür ist sicherlich die Errichtung des Humboldt Forum ...

Intimate Conversations: Dintenfass Collection

The well-known collection of Nicole and John Dintenfass, whose pieces have been reproduced in many publications, is based on aesthetics.They have collected with passion, diligence, depth and rigor ...

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

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 ...

Afghanistan: Preserving Historic Heritage

For decades, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has been working to revitalize the social, cultural, and economic strength of communities in the Muslim world through its Historic Cities Program ...

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 ...

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.