Publications

Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting (by Chia-Ling Yang)

Title: Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting Author: Chia-Ling Yang Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of history…

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Beauty and Power: Clothing in Chinese Paintings and Historical Photographs (by Helena Heroldová, Lucie B. Olivová, Petra Polláková, Jan Šejbl)

Title: Beauty and Power: Clothing in Chinese Paintings and Historical Photographs Authors: Helena Heroldová, Lucie B. Olivová, Petra Polláková, Jan Šejbl Publisher: Národní Muzeum, 2022 Visual sources are a fundamental…

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Ornamental and Decorative Repertoire in the Murals of Kizil (Leipzig Kucha Studies 5) by Luca De Fabritiis

Title: Ornamental and Decorative Repertoire in the Murals of Kizil Series: Leipzig Kucha Studies 5 Author: Luca De Fabritiis Publisher: Dev Publishers & Distributors The book in hand is a…

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The Minjian Avant-Garde: Art of the Crowd in Contemporary China (by Chang Tan)

Title: The Minjian Avant-Garde: Art of the Crowd in Contemporary China Author: Chang Tan Published by: Cornell University Press, 2024 The Minjian Avant-Garde studies how experimental artists in China mixed…

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Collecting Asian Art: Cultural Politics and Transregional Networks in Twentieth-Century Central Europe (edited by Markéta Hánová, Yuka Kadoi and Simone Wille)

Title: Collecting Asian Art: Cultural Politics and Transregional Networks in Twentieth-Century Central Europe Edited by: Markéta Hánová, Yuka Kadoi and Simone Wille Published by: Leuven University Press, 2024 Rather than…

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The Journal of Transcultural Studies: Transcultural Mobility – Cosmopolitan Artefacts, Artists, and Intellectuals across the Global Muslim World (edited by Yuka Kadoi)

Title: Transcultural Mobility: Cosmopolitan Artefacts, Artists, and Intellectuals across the Global Muslim World Journal: The Journal of Transcultural Studies, Vol. 13 Nos. 1-2 Guest-editor: Yuka Kadoi Published by: Heidelberg University…

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The Way of Aroma: The Incense Culture of China (by Elena Voytishek)

Title: The Way of Aroma: The Incense Culture of China Author: Elena Voytishek Published by: Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Science, 2023 Incense culture has long played…

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Faces of God: Images of Devotion in Indo-Muslim Painting, 1500–1800 (by Murad Khan Mumtaz)

Title: Faces of God: Images of Devotion in Indo-Muslim Painting, 1500–1800 Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia, Volume: 39 Author: Murad Khan Mumtaz Published by: Brill, 2023…

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China’s Hidden Century, 1796-1912 (edited by Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell)

Title: China's Hidden Century, 1796-1912 Editors: Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell Published by: University of Washington Press, 2024 Cultural creativity in China between 1796 and 1912 demonstrated extraordinary resilience in…

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Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (by Elena Pakhoutova and Karl Debreczeny)

Title: Himalayan Art in 108 Objects Authors: Elena Pakhoutova and Karl Debreczeny Published by: Scala Arts Publishers Inc., 2023 The story of Himalayan art is illuminated through a collection of…

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LE KOGURYŎ, un royaume de l’Asie du Nord-Est. Données épigraphiques et archéologiques (by Olivier Bailblé and Ariane Perrin)

Title: LE KOGURYŎ, un royaume de l’Asie du Nord-Est. Données épigraphiques et archéologiques Authors: Olivier Bailblé and Ariane Perrin Published by: Atelier des Cahiers, 2023 Discover the history of the…

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The Art of a Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860 (by Jennifer Howes)

Title: The Art of a Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860 Author: Jennifer Howes Published by: Routledge, 2023 The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive…

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