Rajasthan Style

Rajasthan Style
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-11-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781614284659

"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.

Entering the Dharmadh?tu

Entering the Dharmadh?tu
Author: Jan Fontein
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004211225

New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavy?ha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.

Possessing the Past

Possessing the Past
Author: 國立故宮博物院
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 666
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0810964945

A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR