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Homelands: Art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan Devika Singh 9781904561866
RRP: $38.90$25.99This publication was published to accompany the exhibition Homelands: Art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, at Kettle's Yard 12 November 2019 - 2 February 2020, curated by Devika Singh with Amy Tobin and Grace Storey. Through photography, sculpture,... -
Indian Art by Partha Mitter
RRP: $45.81$33.17This concise yet lively new survey guides the reader through 5000 years of Indian art and architecture. A rich artistic tradition is fully explored through the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, Colonial, and contemporary periods, incorporating discussion of... -
Chetna's Healthy Indian: Everyday family meals effortlessly good for you by Chetna Makan
RRP: $39.00$27.50We all know there is more to Indian food than just curries; it can also be really healthy, fresh and super delicious. Chetna's Healthy Indian contains home cooking at its best - straightforward methods, very few ingredients, crowd pleasing flavours,... -
Grafity's Wall Expanded Edition by Ram V 9781506715827
RRP: $38.98$25.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506715827Author Ram V.Format HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 267mm *... -
Floral Patterns of India by Henry Wilson
RRP: $68.25$46.86Following the critical and commercial success of Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India, Henry Wilson has turned for this companion volume to a single theme. But what a theme: the variety of floral motifs in the exquisitely wrought details of India's... -
Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company by William Dalrymple
RRP: $68.25$54.07Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, Forgotten Masters celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists. As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late... -
North American Indian Art by David W. Penney
RRP: $29.23$19.11This timely book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous North America, from those of ancient cultures to the work of modern artists. The text is organized geographically, covering tribes as wide-ranging as the Navajo, Cheyenne, Chumash, Tsimshian... -
Diy Henna Tattoos: Learn Decorative Patterns, Draw Modern Designs and Create Everyday Body Art by Aroosa Shahid
RRP: $31.18$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612438009Author Aroosa ShahidFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 330g -
Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin Andrew Topsfield 9781854442635
RRP: $48.75$33.89Hodgkin collection here for the first time both in its entirety and in its full maturity, after a lifetime's constant improvement and refinement. Many of the works shown are recent acquisitions by Hodgkin which have never been exhibited previously. ... -
Pahari Masters: Court Painters Of Northern India by Eberhard Fischer 9788189738464
$130.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788189738464Author Eberhard FischerFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Niyogi BooksPublisher Niyogi BooksWeight(grams) 2322g -
The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Buddhist Paintings of India by Benoy K. Behl 9780500296691
RRP: $58.50$37.65'Benoy K. Behl's remarkable photographs, painstakingly gathered and digitally restored over thirty years of hard labour, are probably the best and truest record of these fabulous treasures that will ever be created.' William Dalrymple A revised edition... -
Across Asia and the Islamic World: Movement and Mobility in the Arts of East Asian, South and Southeast Asian, and Islamic Cultures by Ruth Bowler
RRP: $25.25$18.70The Walters Art Museum is among America's most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. The museum features a stunning array of objects, from richly illuminated Qur'ans... -
Tai: A Woven Culture Hans Roels 9786164510746
RRP: $156.00$101.11This lavish, large format art project is the culmination of 20 years research of Tai culture throughout Southeast Asia, beginning with Napajaree Suandduenchai's vast 1,500 piece silk collection which has remained private until now. All 230 photographs... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: $58.50$38.16WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
Aam Aastha: Indian Devotions by Charles Freger
RRP: $58.50$39.78A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Freger, the creator of a distinctive and powerful new genre of portrait photography. Internationally renowned photographer Charles Freger... -
Southeast Asia: A History in Objects by Alexandra Green
RRP: $62.40$40.97A new take on Southeast Asia's complex history, expertly told through art objects and cultural artefacts dating from the Neolithic Age to the present. Southeast Asia is home to numerous world heritage sites. Through engaging texts and expertly curated... -
Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India by John Guy 9781588396938
RRP: $97.50$82.86With new photography of extraordinarily rare works of art, this pioneering study features discoveries and research essential to understanding the origins and meaning of Buddhist artistic traditions "Both the show and the book are extraordinary... -
Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniatures and Britain, 1600 to now by Fay Blanchard 9781781301258
RRP: $58.50$43.76A richly illustrated exploration of the impact of South Asian Miniature painting on contemporary art. This book tells the dynamic story of contemporary art's engagement with the miniature painting traditions of South Asia from the sixteenth century... -
Tantra Song - Tantric Painting from Rajasthan by Franck Andre Jamme
RRP: $68.25$46.39A revelatory volume on an occluded genre of Indian art, Tantra Song is a convergence of East and West, the spiritual and the aesthetic, the ancient and the modern This collection of rare, abstract Tantra drawings was conceived when the French poet... -
Seher Shah, Of Absence and Weight by Catherine David
RRP: $97.40$68.62The book surveys twenty years of Shah s practice across drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Her work speaks to the poetics and fractures of the surrounding landscape, spanning the historical and the intimate. She has explored ideas in architecture and... -
Can Art History be Made Global?: Meditations from the Periphery Monica Juneja 9783110716290
RRP: $86.78$77.94The book responds to the challenge of the global turn in the humanities from the perspective of art history. A global art history, it argues, need not follow the logic of economic globalization nor seek to bring the entire world into its fold. Instead,... -
Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music by Amit Chaudhuri 9780571219100
RRP: $25.33$17.73**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE**By turns essay, memoir and cultural study, Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose... -
Pilgrimage and Politics in Colonial Bengal: The Myth of the Goddess Sati by Imma Ramos 9781032476933
RRP: $74.08$65.09From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation in literature and visual culture in order to inspire... -
Himalayan Art in 108 Objects by Karl Debreczeny
$90.23In this beautifully illustrated volume, the fascinating story of Himalayan art is illuminated through a selection of significant objects from the Neolithic era to today. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, textiles, architectural structures, and more serve... -
Earth Work 1979 by Charmaine Toh 9789810982829
RRP: $23.40$17.41Earth Work, originally staged at the National Museum Art Gallery In 1980 by Singaporean artist Tang Da Wu, was one of the earliest exhibitions of land art in Singapore. Earth Work 1979, a restaging of selected works from the seminal 1980 exhibition,... -
Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century Naman P. Ahuja 9781910807170
RRP: $78.00$55.67The Ashmolean Museum is fortunate in having the most comprehensive British collection of the art of the Indian subcontinent outside London. Especially strong in sculpture, this rich representation of Indian art from prehistory to the twentieth century... -
Grave Intentions by RV Raman
RRP: $17.53$11.86SECRETS Seasoned detective Harith Athreya is back, this time to investigate suspicious incidences on a riverside dig in the heart of remote Bundelkhand. SUPERSTITION In this place, rich in myth and history, the legend goes that anyone who sets... -
The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works 1100 -1900 by B.N. Goswamy
RRP: $68.25$46.86In this magnificent, lavishly illustrated book, renowned art historian B. N. Goswamy opens readers' eyes to the wonders of Indian painting, and shows them new ways of seeing art. An illuminating introductory essay, 'A Layered World', explains the themes... -
Indian Art: Close-Up A.L. Dallapiccola 9780714124865
RRP: $25.33$16.77Now available in paperback, this is the latest title in a successful series of strikingly designed, collectable books offering a closer look at the rich variety of styles, decoration, motifs and patterns - and the sheer craftsmanship - of world cultures... -
The Art of India: Images of Nature by Judith Magee 9780565093105
RRP: $25.33$16.77There is a vast collection of Indian natural history drawings in the Library of the Natural History Museum, London. Spanning a period of more than two hundred years, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, they depict the rich variety of animals,... -
Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music by Amit Chaudhuri
RRP: $19.48$13.07**WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE**'A splendid book.' Literary Review'A modern masterpiece.' New York Journal of BooksFinding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose... -
Eastern Encounters: Four Centuries of Paintings and Manuscripts from the Indian Subcontinent by Emily Hannam 9781909741454
RRP: $87.75$60.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741454Author Emily HannamFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 1620g -
Photography in Cambodia: 1866 to the Present by Nicholas Coffill
RRP: $68.23$46.86A stunning visual journey through Cambodian culture, history, art, struggle, and modernization.Cambodia has two parallel histories. One is the constant stream of adventurers and diplomats, kings and rebels, archaeologists and artists drawn to the... -
International Departures: Art in India After Independence by Devika Singh 9781789147988
RRP: $58.50$56.73In this captivating and richly illustrated account, Devika Singh presents together for the first time the work of Indian and foreign artists active in India after independence in 1947. The book engages with the many creators, critics and patrons of the... -
Much Maligned Monsters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art by Partha Mitter
RRP: $54.60$54.19In this fascinating study, Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic. East to the more sophisticated but still incomplete appreciations of the early twentieth century... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das 9781526615657
RRP: $33.13$26.52WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam by Vikram Lall
RRP: $132.58$89.52Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortified dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines... -
Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life by Michael M. J. Fischer
RRP: $42.88$37.42In Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life Michael M. J. Fischer calls for a new anthropology of the arts that attends to the materialities and technologies of the world as it exists today. Fischer examines the work of key Southeast and East Asian... -
Sarnath - A Critical History of the Place Where Buddhism Began Frederick M. Asher 9781606066164
RRP: $68.25$57.66Sarnath has long been regarded as the place where the Buddha preached his first sermon and established the Buddhist monastic order. Excavations at Sarnath have yielded the foundations of temples and monastic dwellings, two Buddhist reliquary mounds... -
India: A Story Through 100 Objects by Vidya Dehejia
RRP: $58.40$50.17We are constantly surrounded by objects, by 'things' that channel and dictate our everyday life, 'things' that we take for granted. But these objects speak to us, and speak about us. They have a story to tell that reflects our values and aspirations, our...