Buchhandlung Walther König

Hokusai: Mad about Painting

"Mad about Painting" collects beautiful new translations of Hokusai's painting tutorials and related essays written by the artist and his peers - a selection made available in English for the firs ...

Kimono Flowers Gift Wrapping Papers

Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands Vol. II

Der Angelhaken leitet seine Form von seiner praktischen Absicht ab - einen Fisch zu fangen. Aber in Kulturen, in denen das Fischen eine Haupterwerbsquelle ist und schon immer war, wird die Herstel ...

A portée d'Asie

Une histoire de la réception de l'art d'Asie en France à travers les trajectoires de collectionneurs et d'amateurs aux profils variés (érudits, marchands, diplomates, artistes, etc.) qui, à l ...

Tibetan Rugs: Molacek Collection

Artist and photographer Rudi Molacek has assembled, with an artist s eye, an idiosyncratic collection of more than 300 Tibetan carpets, rugs, mats, seat-, bench- and saddle-covers. Between the 15t ...

Sadak: Street Signs in India

Since the 1990s, hand-painted signs in India - one of the defining elements of the country's urban landscape - have been largely replaced by more technologically advanced media. Today, they surviv ...

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 ...

The Sodeisha Group: Avant-garde Ceramics

The ceramic arts group known as Sodeisha (Crawling Through Mud Association) played a central role in Japan in the period following World War II. Formed in 1948 by five ceramic artists involved in ...

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 ...

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.

Fashioning an Empire

With their sumptuous surfaces, original designs, and technical sophistication, luxury textiles played a critical role in the social, cultural, religious, and economic life of Safavid Iran (1501-17 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...