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Stories for Little Comrades
In the Soviet Union of the 1920s, the most prominent avant-garde artists were eager children’s book illustrators. Reaching a mass audience of unformed, malleable young people …
Ancient Ink
The human desire to adorn the body is universal and timeless. While specific forms of body decoration and the motivations for them vary by region, culture, and era, all human …
Glorious Qing
A guided tour through centuries of exquisitely crafted objectsWith over 250 color illustrations, this companion volume to Claudia Brown's Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644–1911 …
Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China
Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is the first book in any language devoted to the art of imperial women in China. Utilizing a wide range of historical sources and …
Where Dragon Veins Meet
Winner of the 2023 On the Brinck Book Award, presented by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + PlanningAn auspicious political landscape, represented in image and …
What the Emperor Built
Winner of the 2023 Bei Shan Tang Monograph Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian StudiesHow imperial ideology is given shape in built spaceOne of the most famous rulers in …
The World of a Tiny Insect
"From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. . . ."So begins Zhang Daye’s preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its …
Temples in the Cliffside
Winner of the 2023 IPPY – Gold – Religion Nonfiction category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Award Centuries of monumental sculpture, embedded in the landscapeAt …
Ingmar Bergman's the Silence
Ingmar Bergman's 1963 film The Silence was made at a point in his career when his stature as one of the great art-film directors allowed him to push beyond the boundaries of what …
Serpent, Siren, Maelstrom, and Myth: Sea Stories and Folktales from Around the World
An entrancing collection of myths and legends of the seaThe sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untamable. …
Exemplary Figures / Fayan??
Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature, sponsored by the Modern Language AssociationExemplary Figures (sometimes …
Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan??
Winner of the Patrick D. Hanan Book Prize for Translation (China and Inner Asia), sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo …