Covers western-style furniture as a decorative art in eight countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Tibet and the Philippines.

Useful as a spur to creative inspiration or as souvenir or introduction to a museum or gallery visit, this book offers an alternative view of the array of Chinese art. It highlights the aspects of workmanship, materia

First Published as "Shan zi."

Ukiyo-e are paintings and prints of 'the floating world' of Edo (Tokyo), which had transformed itself in just a century from a swampy village to a metropolis of about a million people. This book offers a glimpse of a vani

Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world", ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western world's

Illustrated with the V&A's unrivalled collection of South-Asian sculpture, this work looks at Indian temple sculpture, as an instrument of worship which embodies powerful religious experience. It considers its cosmological meaning, its

Describes and defines what 'Japan style' is. This book explores specific achievements in Japanese art and architecture, and offers an analysis of the Japanese culture, its vision of the world and of humankind. It is divided i

Reproduces 139 Japanese woodblock colour prints by 43 famous masters of ukiyo-e, the popular art of the 17th to the 19th century. This work includes an introductory essay that familiarizes the reader with the h

This book is a highly unique art book that reveals goldfish both as an element of Japanese culture and as an influential design motif over the last 500 years.

Contains decorative motifs with architectural details and crafted objects from the traditions of Mughal art. This book contains close-up details of wall reliefs, inlaid metal hookah bowls, carpets, jade sword hilts, gilded bo

This is a beautifully illustrated exploration of four centuries of painting from the courts of India.To enter the world of Rajput painting is to enter a dream world of fantasy and colour, of heroes and heroines gorgeo

Comprising six essays, six plate sections and over 600 illustrations, this book provides an introduction to the art of this period. The paintings, scrolls and prints reproduced here demonstrate not only the new urban pleasure