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Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. Contents: Introduction: crossing broders in the arts of Asia Gandhara The Indian religions Lacquer Ancestors Christian art in Asia Islamic art Indian trade Chinese export art Vienamese trade ceramics Court luxuries China Peranakan art Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition, Devotion and desire: cross-cultural art in Asia: new acquisitions of the Asian Civilisations Museum, on view at the Asian Civilisations Museum in 2013.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 212 pages. Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture presents dramatic, sculptural gowns designed by Chinese couturière Guo Pei. Her creations express her personal take on contemporary fashion and aesthetics, and reflect influences from growing up in Beijing surrounded by Chinese imperial art and mythology. Serving as points of encounter and departure, Chinese artworks from the collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum are juxtaposed with Guo Pei's works, creating a dialogue between historical and contemporary Chinese design. The catalogue invites contemplation on how Guo Pei references and reimagines Chinese art and tradition for China and the world today.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 302 pages. Andrew Gn: Fashioning SIngapore and the World explores the life and work of one of Singapore's most successful designers. Three essays and over 100 works reveal the crosscultural influences that inform Andrew Gn's creative process, his focus on intricate craftsmanship, and his cultural identity as a designer. They reveal how, like Singapore, where Gn was born and bred, his designs bridge dichotomies of East and West, tradition and modernity, and the local and the global. Photographed by Lenne Chai, with forewords by AnneSophie von Claer (Le Figaro), Nicole Phelps (Vogue Runway), and Kenneth Goh (Harper s Bazaar Singapore).…