Orientalsk kunst

With 25 black-and-white illustrations. According to the biographical note: "e;In Raphael Petrucci, who died early in 1917, the world has lost one of the ablest and most devoted …

First we mapped the heavens, then we started mapping the land.Middle Constellation teaches you how to see cities in China as stars in the sky and draw a diagram that places 27 of …

Twenty Years Around the World is an autobiography written by John Guy Vassar and published in 1891. Vassar was a wealthy American businessman who spent two decades traveling the …

North Africa and the Desert Scenes and Moods is a travelogue and collection of essays written by American author and poet George Edward Woodberry. The book, published in 1901, …

Ando Hiroshige is considered by many as the last of the great creative masters of the traditional Japanese woodblock print. His skill has won him worldwide fame and artistic …

Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous of a sequence of names used by a versatile and long-lived Japanese artist who worked in many genres and schools, evolving a unique style that …

A spiritual journey in nine countries of Fareast.India, Nepal, Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and IndonesiaEverything begins with questions; travels also The …

Independent Filmmaking across Borders in Contemporary Asia examines an array of auteur-driven fiction and documentary independent film projects that have emerged since the turn of …

Since The Turkish Baths (1863) by the French painter Ingres, the Far Eastern woman has, to many, been a symbol of out of reach or forbidden pleasures. Seafaring explorers, military …

There are 56 separate ethnic groups in China, some with histories going back thousands of years. Scattered throughout China, the groups have different cultures, eating habits, …