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Walter B. Denny, Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts, offers new perspectives on one of the most popular Islamic art forms. Covering both Iznik pieces de forme and the famous Iznik titles that decorate Ottoman imperial monuments, the book integrates the entire spectrum of Izn... More

Pottery has a long history in India. Over the centuries it has been used for domestic ware, votive pieces and for architecture, and each area of the country is known for its different styles, decorations and ways of making. In this book, Jane Perryman bot only looks at Indian pottery but also at the... More

Beautifully illustrated, Ceramic Art in Finland presents a wide range of work by ceramic artists, from late-nineteenth-century masters through internationally recognized designers of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, to emerging talents in the twenty-first century. More than 170 ceramists are included, and... More

Provides a much-needed perspective on this subject with essays which address the issues of 'modern' Indian art, from its formative to its present stage which is always controversial. Included are discussions of the works of individua l artists.... More

From the surreal eroticism of Salvador Dali to the kitsch eroticism of Jeff Koons, erotic art has always inflamed opinion and, even today, such images are considered provocative, dangerous, and unwelcome in the public sphere. Now Alyce Mahon, the feisty Irish art historian, takes us on an imaginati... More

14 high quality prints suitable for framing; each with a brief description14 high quality prints suitable for framing; each with a brief description... More

Beyond matters of personal taste, the best erotic art sets up a dramatic tension between a sense of pleasure and a sense of place. "Icons of Erotic Art brings together 150 sublime examples of this dynamic, covering nearly every major period on art history: ancient, Renaissance, and Rococo paintings;... More

"Solitary Pleasures" is the first anthology to address masturbation, exploring both the history and artistic representation of autoeroticism. Masturbation today enjoys a highly equivocal and contradictory status among cultural discourses relating to sexuality. On the one hand, it is the subject of m... More

Scantily clad barbarian women battle creatures in full force.... More

The splendours of the Mughal court in the late sixteenth century are reflected in the Emperor Akbar's Khamsa of Nizami, a manuscript superbly illustrated in sensuous colour and fine detail, with drama, pathos and wit. The complete range of the illustrations is reproduced here for the first time, tog... More

This beautifully illustrated book gives a colorful impression of the vitality and diversity of English pottery made between the late thirteenth and the late twentieth century. It describes the main types of earthenware and stoneware, and discusses the most important technical, stylistic and social i... More

Focusing on traditional urban potters in the northwest Indian cities of Jodhpur and Udaipur, this sociological study examines the relationships among present-day potters, distributors, and vendors in order to better understand the organization of early complex societies and to identify different kin... More

This is a book about the erotic art of Nepal in its various forms. It is also a book about the Kathmandu valley, its strange, mysterious, magical and enchanting powers. This book goes a long way to providing an insight into these questions. It gives us glimpses of life depicted as explicitly as it m... More

Art and Print Production is a comprehensive textbook designed especially for the students of Mass Communication and Graphic Design. The book succinctly covers the entire gamut of the theory of art and print production. Beginning with the concept of "Art" it takes up all technical issues arising in a... More