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The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai
ghosts, Demons, Monsters and other Mythical Creatures from Japan
2024 || Paperback || Zack Davisson || Tuttle
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Decoding the Jewels
Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland
2024 || Paperback || Anna Groundwater || Sidestone Press
For the first time, National Museums Scotland’s important collection of Renaissance jewellery from Scotland is considered together in this fully illustrated volume alongside significant items from the Royal Collection. The book was inspired by the acquisition by NMS of the extraordinary Fettercairn Jewel: the fine iconography of this exquisitely enamelled locket held coded messages for its sixteenth century owners, and continues to intrigue its viewers today. Renaissance jewellery like this...
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Colonial Toxicity: Rehearsing French Nuclear Architecture and Landscape in the Sahara
2024 || Paperback || Samia Henni || Idea Books B.V.
In the 1960s the French colonial regime detonated four atmospheric atomic bombs, thirteen underground nuclear bombs, and conducted other nuclear experiments in the Algerian Sahara. This secret, still-classified programme occurred during and after the Algerian War (1954–1962). Meticulously culled together from numerous sources by architectural historian Samia Henni, this publication’s wealth of materials documenting the violent history of France’s activities in the Algerian desert offers...
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Collecting Asian Art
Cultural Politics and Transregional Networks in Twentieth-Century Central Europe
2024 || Paperback || Markéta Hánová e.a. || Leuven University Press
Rather than centring on the well-known collections in Western European and North American museums, Collecting Asian Art turn to museum collections of Asian art in Central Europe which emerged from the late 19th century onwards. Highlighting the dimensions of Central European connectedness, this volume explores how these collections evolved and changed under changing cultural and political conditions from the pre-World War I to the post-World War II periods. With a primary focus on collections...