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Homelands: Art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan by Devika Singh
RRP: $34.22$22.86This 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,... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: $51.46$33.57WINNER 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: $51.46$34.99A 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... -
North American Indian Art by David W. Penney
RRP: $25.71$16.81This 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... -
Chetna's Healthy Indian: Everyday family meals effortlessly good for you by Chetna Makan
RRP: $34.31$24.19We 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,... -
The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Buddhist Paintings of India by Benoy K. Behl 9780500296691
RRP: $51.46$34.99'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... -
Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company by William Dalrymple
RRP: $60.04$46.69Published 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... -
Diy Henna Tattoos: Learn Decorative Patterns, Draw Modern Designs and Create Everyday Body Art by Aroosa Shahid
RRP: $27.43$18.75Apologies 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 -
The Planetary King: Humayun Padshah, Inventor and Visionary on the Mughal Throne by Ebba Koch
RRP: $84.05$68.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789385360985Author Ebba KochFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 2277gDimensions(mm)... -
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan by Salima Hashmi 9780300154184
RRP: $68.61$59.33Accompanying the first U.S. museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan, this dynamic catalogue provides a groundbreaking look at recent and current trends in Pakistani art. Hanging Fire covers a fascinating range of subjects and media,... -
Himalayan Art in 108 Objects by Karl Debreczeny
RRP: $77.19$55.15In 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... -
Tantra Song - Tantric Painting from Rajasthan by Franck Andre Jamme
RRP: $60.04$40.21A 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... -
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: $22.21$16.02The 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... -
The Art of India: Images of Nature by Judith Magee 9780565093105
RRP: $22.28$14.75There 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,... -
Sea: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia by Ute Meta Bauer
RRP: $102.92$68.37An accessible, clothbound compendium of leading artists in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia Filling a noticeable void in art publishing, SEA: Contemporary Art Practices in Southeast Asia presents... -
Tai: A Woven Culture by Hans Roels 9786164510746
RRP: $137.22$88.94This 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... -
The Bernard and Mary Berenson Collection of Persian Manuscripts and Paintings at I Tatti by Yoltar-Yildirim, Aysin
RRP: $71.96$59.32Persian Manuscripts & Paintings from the Berenson Collection presents an in-depth analysis of the little-known Persian manuscripts and paintings collected by the world-renowned art historian, art critic, and connoisseur Bernard Berenson (1865-1959). It... -
The Concealed Art of the Soul: Theories of Self and Practices of Truth in Indian Ethics and Epistemology by Professor Jonardon Ganeri
$53.60In The Concealed Art of the Soul, Jonardon Ganeri presents a variety of perspectives on the nature of the self as seen by major schools of classical Indian philosophy. For Indian thinkers, a philosophical treatise about the self should not only reveal... -
Floral Patterns of India by Henry Wilson
RRP: $60.04$41.22Following 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... -
Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India by John Guy 9781588396938
RRP: $85.77$75.56With 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: $51.46$37.72A 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... -
Seher Shah, Of Absence and Weight by Catherine David
RRP: $85.68$60.36The 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... -
Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music by Amit Chaudhuri 9780571219100
RRP: $22.28$15.59**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... -
Can Art History be Made Global?: Meditations from the Periphery by Monica Juneja
RRP: $76.33$68.56The 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,... -
Much Maligned Monsters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art by Partha Mitter
RRP: $48.03$47.67In 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... -
Southeast Asia: A History in Objects by Alexandra Green
RRP: $54.89$36.04A 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... -
Earth Work 1979 by Charmaine Toh 9789810982829
RRP: $20.58$14.91Earth 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 by Naman P. Ahuja 9781910807170
RRP: $68.61$48.97The 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: $15.42$10.43SECRETS 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... -
Actually ... I Met Them: A Memoir by Gulzar
RRP: $30.79$23.88Personal. Intimate. Deeply moving.An absolutely unputdownable memoir.Do memories ever fade away? They never 'dry up', says Gulzar Saab, 'They keep floating somewhere between the conscious and the subconscious mind. It's a great feeling to swim there... -
The Art of Cloth in Mughal India by Sylvia Houghteling
RRP: $99.49$84.12A richly illustrated history of textiles in the Mughal EmpireIn the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a vast array of textiles circulated throughout the Mughal Empire. Made from rare fibers and crafted using virtuosic techniques, these exquisite... -
Ghalib: A Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography by Mehr Afshan Farooqi 9780670094295
RRP: $46.30$30.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670094295Author Mehr Afshan FarooqiFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Penguin Allen LanePublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 240mm *... -
The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works 1100 -1900 by B.N. Goswamy
RRP: $60.04$41.22In 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... -
Thai Silver and Nielloware by ,Paul Bromberg
RRP: $42.88$28.78Thai silver and Nielloware display exquisite craftmanship and design that rivals better-known genres of silver from Asia. However, there has to date been little written about this fascinating subject. Examining the history and scope of specified Thai... -
Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music by Amit Chaudhuri
RRP: $17.14$11.49**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... -
Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis by Padma Kaimal
RRP: $51.46$39.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924304675Author Padma KaimalFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams)... -
Indian Art: Close-Up by Anna L. Dallapiccola
RRP: $22.28$14.75Now 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... -
Photography in Cambodia: 1866 to the Present by Nicholas Coffill
RRP: $60.02$41.22A 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... -
Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-garde 1922-1947 by Partha Mitter 9781861893185
$63.84This richly illustrated book explores the contested history of art and nationalism in the tumultuous last decades of British rule in India. Western avant-garde art inspired a powerful weapon of resistance among India's artists in their struggle against... -
Grafity's Wall Expanded Edition by Ram V 9781506715827
RRP: $34.29$22.73Apologies 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 *...