Lu Pu - Chinese Indigo Batik Designs

AMERICAN INDIAN DESIGN AND DECORATION, Leroy Appleton. Full text, plus more than 700 precise drawings of basketry, sculpture, painting, pottery, sand paintings, metal, etc. 4 plates in color. 279pp. 8 x 11.

0-486-22704-9

PRIMITIVE ART, Franz Boas. Americas foremost anthropologist surveys textiles, ceramics, woodcarving, basketry, metalwork, etc. All areas of the world, but very full on Northwest Coast Indians. More than 350 illustrations of baskets, boxes, totem poles, weapons, etc. 378pp. 5 x 8.

0-486-20025-6

IDOLS BEHIND ALTARS: MODERN MEXICAN ART AND ITS CULTURAL ROOTS, Anita Brenner. Critical study ranges from pre-Columbian times through the 20th century to explore Mexicos intrinsic association between art and religion; the role of iconography in Mexican art; and the return to native values. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1929 edition. 117 b/w illustrations. 432pp. 5 x 8.

0-486-42303-4

THE DANCE OF SIVA, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Preeminent authority unfolds the vast metaphysics of India: the revelation of her art, conception of the universe, social organization, etc. 27 reproductions of art masterpieces. 192pp. 5 x 8.

0-486-24817-8

DESIGN MOTIFS OF ANCIENT MEXICO, Jorge Enciso. Vigorous, powerful ceramic stamp impressionsMaya, Aztec, Toltec, Olmec, Serpents, gods, priests, dancers, etc. 153pp. 6 x 9.

0-486-20084-1

DESIGNS FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICO, Jorge Enciso. 300 bold, rhythmic circle designs incorporating deities, reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, and geometrics. 105pp. 6 x 9.

0-486-22794-4

ARGENTINE INDIAN ART, Alejandro Eduardo Fladone. This stunning collection of 284 rare designs is a bonanza for artists and craftspeople seeking distinctive patterns with a South American Indian flavor: animal and totemic designs, geometric and rectilinear figures, abstracts, grids, and many other styles in a wide range of shapes and sizes. 96pp. 8 x 11.

0-486-29896-5

AN AZTEC HERBAL: THE CLASSIC CODEX OF 1552, William Gates (ed.). Originally written in the Aztec language, this 16th-century codex was the first herbal and medical text compiled in the New World. A rare and valuable documentamazing in its scope and detailit contains ancient remedies for myriad ailments: boils, hearing loss, cataracts, insomnia, hiccoughs, and gout, to name a few. Analytical index to plants. More than 180 b/w, 38 color illustrations. 192pp. 5 x 8.

0-486-41130-3

THE GODS OF NORTHERN BUDDHISM: THEIR HISTORY AND ICONOGRAPHY, Alice Getty. Invaluable reference covers names, attributes, symbolism, and representations of deities in Mahayana pantheon of China, Japan, Tibet, etc. 185 illustrations. 352pp. 6 x 9. (Available in U.S. only)

0-486-25575-1

MEXICAN PAINTERS, MacKinley Helm. Definitive introduction to the art and artists of Mexico during great artistic movements of the 1920s and 1930s. In-depth discussion of major figuresDiego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueirosas well as 40 other artists: Galvan, Cant, Mexa, and more. 95 illustrations. 228pp. 6 x 9.

0-486-26028-3

PUEBLO DESIGNS: THE RAIN BIRD, H. P. Mera. 48 plates, 26 in 2 colors, show beautiful, useful Indian motifthunderbirdfrom early times to the present. Tribal variations. 176 illustrations. 113pp. 7 x 10 .

0-486-22073-7

ARABIC DESIGNS, Gregory Mirow. For graphic artists, designers, and enthusiasts of Arabic artscores of elegant motifs, among them florals from ancient Persian fabrics, star-shaped thirteenth-century tiles from Iran, and a detail from a painting of Mecca and Medina (18th19th century). 165 b/w designs. Identifications. 32pp. 8 x 11.

0-486-42171-6

AUTHENTIC INDIAN DESIGNS, Maria Naylor (ed.). Largest collection anywhere: 2,500 authentic illustrations of pottery, beadwork, blankets, totem poles, metal, hide paintings, baskets, and much more. 219pp. 8 x 11.

0-486-23170-4

SANDPAINTINGS OF THE NAVAJO SHOOTING CHANT, Franc J. Newcomb and Gladys A. Reichard. A classic of ethnology, reproducing in full color 35 sandpaintings from this important Navajo healing ceremony, and analyzing the symbolism and myth they express. 132pp. 9 x 12.

0-486-23141-0

THE CODEX NUTTALL, Zelia Nuttall (ed.). Only inexpensive edition, in full color, of a pre-Columbian Mexican (Mixtec) book. 88 color plates show kings, gods, heroes, temples, sacrifices, and more. New introduction by Arthur G. Miller. 96pp. 11 x 8.

0-486-23168-2

IDEALS OF THE EAST: THE SPIRIT OF JAPANESE ART, Kakuzo Okakura. Written by the author of The Book of Tea, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. First published in 1883, it provided the earliest lucid English-language account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts, and its appreciations of Japanese artistic expressions of beauty and philosophy remain fresh and valid. xxii+74pp. 5 x 8.

0-486-44024-9

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN DESIGNS, Madeleine Orban-Szontagh. Treasury of 250 authentic motifs drawn from Navajo jewelry and rugs, Pueblo pottery, Hopi ceremonial dress, and other sources. 48pp. 8 x 11.

0-486-26985-X

EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART, W. M. Flinders Petrie (ed.). Classic study of the historical development of Egyptian decorative art examines Egyptian taste in decorating, ornamental writing of hieroglyphs, origin of patterns, and more. Over 200 carefully drawn figures illustrate types of decoration under discussion: zigzags, waves, spirals, feathers, rosettes, lotus blossoms, basket work, cornices, gods and goddesses, the scarab, and much else. x+128pp. 5 x 8.

0-486-40907-4

AFRICAN SCULPTURE, Ladislas Segy. 164 photographic plates of masks, votive figures, metalwork, and carvings, with long introduction. Ashanti, Yoruba, Benin, etc. 244pp. 6 x 9.

0-486-20396-4

MASKS OF BLACK AFRICA, Ladislas Segy. 247 photographs of masksidentifiedc by tribe, place, and ritual useinclude Dogon, Senufo, and many more. Text plus 21 photos of masks in dance. 248pp. 8 x 11.

0-486-23181-X

DECORATIVE ART OF THE SOUTHWESTERN INDIANS, Dorothy S. Sides. Beautiful primitive art in nearly 300 permission-free examples. Includes designs from pottery, basketry, beadwork, masks, dolls, sand paintings, and blankets. 101pp. 5