Great Kingdoms of Africa An essential overview of great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, from the ancient Nile Valley to the savannas of medieval West Africa, the highlands of Ethiopia and on to the forests ... |
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| Scheutz, Waltraut; Scheutz, Hans: Taino: Götterfiguren der Tainos |
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| The Sodeisha Group: Avant-garde Ceramics THE SODEISHA GROUP: AN ERA BORN OUT OF AVANT-GARDE CERAMICS - KYOTO, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - Catalogue. Kyoto u.a.O. 2023/24. Beitr. von Sato Masahiko. 18,4 x 25,6 cm. 424 S. mit meis ... |
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| A King's Passion: African Art Lavishly illustrated in full colour, the volume features 119 African artists drawn from 10 countries including influential figures like Ben Enwonwu, Uche Okeke, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ablade Glover, E ... |
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| Manuscripts and Arabic-Script Writing in Africa The book explores the Arabic script in its widest possible usage in Africa: in Arabic texts; as a sacred Islamic script; and as a script for writing African languages. |
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Gondola; Meurden; Lacaille: (Re)making collections: Origins, trajectories & reconnections Provenance research on collections from the Global South in Europe is now unavoidable in the field of museum studies and cultural policy, yet no scholarly work has scrutinized the collections of t ... |
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| Utamaro, Hokusai Hiroshige "Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige: Geisha, Samurai and the Culture of Pleasure" offers a chance to discover the world of Japanese ukiyo-e prints through over 300 works by some of the most important art ... |
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| Our Colonial Inheritance What does it mean to inherit from a colonial past? The semi-permanent exhibition "Our Colonial Inheritance" in the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam explores the complex ways in which colonial pasts continue ... |
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Fehlbaum, Rolf; Stricker, Fifo: An Art of Resilience: Popular Art from Brazil Brazil unites some of the most creative manifestations of popular art in the world. By presenting works by the legendary Mestre Vitalino and other artists from Pernambuco, the Jequitinhonha Valley ... |
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| Style Congo: Heritage & Heresy - engl. "Style Congo: Heritage & Heresy" examines the politics of cultural representation and appropriation through contemporary artistic and architectural interventions and historical materials, mainly f ... |
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| Style Congo: Heritage & Heresy - franz. "Style Congo : Heritage & Heresy" examine la politique de représentation et d'appropriation culturelle à travers des interventions artistiques et architecturales contemporaines et des matériaux ... |
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Dining with the Sultan "Dining with the Sultan" offers a pan-Islamic reach, spanning the 8th through 19th centuries and including some 200 works of art representing a rich variety of mediums. This catalogue represents t ... |
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| Being and Belonging: Women Artists from the Islamic World Interviews with women artists connected with the Islamic world and their compelling works that are shaping contemporary art today. |
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| Parfums d'Orient Une exploration de la culture du parfum dans le monde arabe depuis l'Antiquité. S'appuyant sur une riche iconographie mêlant photographies, peintures, objets d'art, manuscrits ou installations, ... |
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Kha, Qaisra M.; Nassar, Nahla: Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage "Haji and the Arts of Pilgrimage" consists of twenty-seven essays addressing objects in the remarkable Collection of Nasser David Khalili. They provide a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrati ... |
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| Collinet, Annabelle: Precious Materials: Medievel Iranian World A historic collection of metal art from ancient Iran, featuring images of more than 150 objects that are described in detail and fully illustrated, some with X-rays. More than 80 of the objects pr ... |
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| Four Centuries of Blue & White: Frelinghuysen Collection This extraordinary collection, assembled carefully over fifty years, features an exceptionally wide array of Asian blue and white porcelain - that most ubiquitous and influential of all ceramics. ... |
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Tod, James; Peabody, Norbert: Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han The two volumes of James Tod's "Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han", first published in 1829-32, remain to this day the first port of call for anyone interested in the history and culture of Raj ... |
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| 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 ... |
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| McCausland, Shane: The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll An examination of the picture-scroll, China's pre-eminent aesthetic format over the last two millennia. |
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Retour d'Asie: Henri Cernuschi En 1871, Henri Cernuschi visite le Japon, puis la Chine, l'Indonésie, Ceylan et l'Inde. Marqué par la richesse artistique de ces pays, il fait l'acquisition de plus de 5.000 objets qu'il expose ... |
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| Kyotos Netsuke - Meister & Mythen Die Ausstellung "Kyotos Netsuke - Meister & Mythen" feiert die nunmehr seit sechzig Jahren bestehende Städtepartnerschaft zwischen Kyoto und Köln. In der Ausstellung wird eine außergewöhnliche ... |
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| A la cour du prince Genji Présentation de l'écrit de la poétesse Murasaki Shikibu, le Dit du Genji, considéré comme le texte le plus représentatif de la littérature classique japonaise. Il est la source d'inspiratio ... |
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The Lotus Moon: Otagaki Rengetsu This is the most comprehensive English-language presentation of the work of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), written by the foremost authority on her life and work, John Stevens. Rengetsu (Lotus Moon ... |
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| Schrape, Wibke: Ikeda Koson and the Construction of Rinpa The painter Ikeda Koson (1803-1868) compiled woodblock-printed copybooks with compositions by his teacher Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) and his self-proclaimed predecessor Ogata Korin (1658-1716). He t ... |
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| Souvenirs of Japan Souvenirs of Japan is an inspirational book celebrating artistic and artisanal places around Japan. The publication features museums, hotels, craft galeries, tea rooms and nature trails to name a ... |
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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 ... |
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| Hokusai's Mount Fuji A wonderfully illustrated exploration of one of Hokusai's key motifs: Mount Fuji. |
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| Views on Modern and Contemporary Arab Artists After more than three decades devoted to intercultural mediation, Brahim Alaoui, former director of the museum of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, looks back on his encounters with Arab artis ... |
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