Author: Girard-Geslan, Maud; Klokke, Marijke J.; Le Bonheur, Albert; Stadtner, Donald M.; Zaleski, Valerie; and Zephir, Thierry.
Title: Art of Southeast Asia. Preface by Albert le Bonheur. Translated from the French by J.A. Underwood.
Description: New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1998). (1998). - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/4 inches wide. Creamy white buckram titled in red on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. 635 pages, with color pictorial endpapers and profuse color and black & white illustrations, including numerous full-page color plates. Fine. First American edition. "Southeast Asia, that immense region stretching from India to the Far East, encompasses Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar - the former Burma - and Thailand), Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Each country is endowed with its own national artistic identity and its own cultural heritage. At the same time, all gain strength from their common Asian ancestry." "This volume is the first in several decades to present a comprehensive survey of Southeast Asian arts, revealing their astonishing diversity from the vantage point of the most up-to-date theories and scholarship." [Quoted from the dust wrapper blurb]. Fine .

Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; ART OF SOUTHEAST ASIA; COLOR PLATES; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; MAUD GIRARD-GESLAN; MARIJKE J. KLOKKE; ALBERT LE BONHEUR; DONALD M. STADNER; VALERIE ZALESKI; THIERRY ZEPHIR;


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