Buchhandlung Walther König

Les fleurs par les grands maîtres de l'estapmpe japonais

Un panorama sous forme de leporello de la représentation des fleurs, et plus généralement de la nature, dans l'art japonais à travers une sélection d'estampes du genre ancestral du kachô-ga, ...

Before Time Began

"Before Time Began" is the catalogue of the first major Australian Indigenous art exhibition of the Fondation Opale. It largely draws on the Bérengère Primat Collection. As its title suggests, t ...

IncarNations: African Art as Philosophy

"IncarNations" is at once a mix and exchange between classical and contemporary art from Africa and its diasporas, looking at African art as a living philosophical practice. The masks, images and ...

Cinderella, Sindbad & Sinuhe

Wüthrich: Doomed Paradise

Zwanzig Jahre nach dem verschollenen Aktivisten Bruno Manser verschafft der Photograph Tomas Wüthrich einen seltenen Einblick in das Leben der Penan.

Ther Perfect Guide to Sumo

The book contains detailed explanations of Sumo techniques, rituals and semantics and the use of traditional woodblock prints as illustrations enhances a greater sense of sumo's history.

The Sampans from Canton

The Sampans from Canton is a collection of ninety-nine Chinese gouaches from the second half of the eighteenth century that depict in minute detail an entire community afloat on the water, with th ...

War Art & Ritual

Sydney-based collector and dealer Bill Evans identified 140 previous unpublished shields in public and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. They are reproduced in these tw ...

Fiktion Kongo

Zum ersten Mal werden in einer Ausstellung Objekte und Photographien gezeigt, die der Kunstethnologe Hans Himmelheber 1938/39 aus dem Kongo mitbrachte. Sie stellt die historischen Meisterwerke Arb ...

Nepal Art Now - dt.

In einem großen Bogen von der Moderne bis in die pulsierende jüngste Gegenwart würdigt das Weltmuseum Wien die herausragende Kunst Nepals. Die Ausstellung zeigt, wie sich lokale und globale Kul ...

Asia Chic: The Influence of Japanese and Chinese Textiles

European fashion was profoundly influenced in the early decades of the 20th century by the style, textiles, patterns and colour combinations of Asian clothing. The discovery of the kimono, in part ...