Author : 刘扬
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 2015
Category : China
ISBN : 9783836554022
This first volume in Yang Liu's infographic series explores the range of differences between Eastern and Western experience through her signature graphic simplicity.
Author : Patricia Belyea
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1683351142
Fourteen simple projects: “Readers will be awestruck by the brilliant designs and . . . sidebars on famous stitcher Ayako Miyawaki, yukata cottons, and more.” —Booklist (starred review) Improv quilting—in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched—is easy, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, “Break any rule you like,” opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers to create beautiful quilts on the first try!) Fourteen projects combine authentic Japanese yukata cottons and contemporary fabrics; each is finished with bold hand-stitching. The quilt-making process is presented in detail, and each quilt shows the irresistible wabi-sabi influence of Japanese design. “With fresh designs and useful directions, Belyea's book is both practical and aspirational.” —Publishers Weekly
Author : Kelly Hoppen
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,47 MB
Release : 1997
Category : House furnishings
ISBN : 9781850298922
This text advises on how to mix colours, textures and objects from different cultures in your own setting. It illustrates ideas for windows and walls, furnishings and floors, tabletops and mantlepieces. Celebrating the handcrafted, influences are taken from China, India and Africa.
Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110321513
This new volume explores the surprisingly intense and complex relationships between East and West during the Middle Ages and the early modern world, combining a large number of critical studies representing such diverse fields as literary (German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, and Arabic) and other subdisciplines of history, religion, anthropology, and linguistics. The differences between Islam and Christianity erected strong barriers separating two global cultures, but, as this volume indicates, despite many attempts to 'Other' the opposing side, the premodern world experienced an astonishing degree of contacts, meetings, exchanges, and influences. Scientists, travelers, authors, medical researchers, chroniclers, diplomats, and merchants criss-crossed the East and the West, or studied the sources produced by the other culture for many different reasons. As much as the theoretical concept of 'Orientalism' has been useful in sensitizing us to the fundamental tensions and conflicts separating both worlds at least since the eighteenth century, the premodern world did not quite yet operate in such an ideological framework. Even though the Crusades had violently pitted Christians against Muslims, there were countless contacts and a palpitable curiosity on both sides both before, during, and after those religious warfares.
Author : Daniel A. Bell
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Democracy
ISBN :
Attempts to chart a middle ground between the extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy. Criticizes the use of "Asian values" to justify oppression, but also draws on East Asian cultural traditions and contributions by contemporary intellectuals in East Asia to identify some powerful challenges to Western-style liberal democracy.
Author : Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780300079302
Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris
Author : Ming Tsai
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0609605305
Presents a collection of more than 125 innovative recipes for dishes that blend the best in Western and Eastern ingredients and cooking techniques.
Author : John Solomon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 27,57 MB
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134361017
East Meets West in Dance chronicles this development in the words of many of its best known and most active exponents. This collection of articles provides a theoretical discussion of the promises and pitfalls inherent in transplanting art forms from one culture to another; it offers practical guidance for those who might want to participate in this enterprise and explains the general history of the dance exchange to date. It also identifies the differences that are unique to specific cultures, such as the development of theatrical forms, arts education, and the status of artists. This is a first examination of a phenomenon that has already touched most people in the arts community worldwide, and that none can afford to ignore. A lively dialogue has evolved over the last few decades between dance professionals -- performers, teachers and administrators -- in the United States and Europe and their counterparts in Asia and the Pacific rim.
Author : Stephanie Yuen
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1553658639
Shortlisted for a TASTE CANADA - Food Writing Award in the Regional/Cultural Cookbooks category. In February 2010, Conde Nast Traveler magazine declared Metro Vancouver home to the best Chinese food in the world. While foodies flock to the city for dumplings and dim sum, they leave having discovered a wealth of world-class Asian dishes, from sushi to sambar, banh mi to bubble tea. Almost one in five of Vancouver's two million residents is ethnically Chinese, and the city supports more than four hundred Chinese restaurants. Other Vancouverites bring with them the cuisines of their onetime homes in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam or India. The first book of its kind, East Meets West is a celebration of the city's Asian food and a mouthwatering compilation of distinctive dishes from its most talented -- but often unheralded -- kitchens. Veteran food writer Stephanie Yuen brings together a collection of recipes showcasing both traditional Asian foods made with fresh ingredients from the Pacific Northwest Coast and modern classics inspired by Asian flavours and techniques. With an introduction to the history of Asian food in Vancouver, and profiles of the city's most exciting eateries -- many of them hidden gems, elusive to the uninitiated -- East Meets West is a delicious glimpse into one of the most complex and fascinating culinary landscapes in the world.
Author : Christopher Patten
Publisher : Random House Trade
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812990362
