Inside Asia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Step behind the ornate doors and latticed screens of Asia's most extraordinary private spaces — Inside Asia is an opulent visual odyssey through the homes, palaces, and retreats of a continent where beauty, tradition, and modernity collide in breathtaking harmony. Spanning the vibrant streets of Singapore and Thailand to the ancient highlands of Tibet, the storied plains of India, and the gilded temples of Myanmar, this volume presents an intimate portrait of Asian interior design, chronicling the spaces where local artistry meets global sophistication. Each chapter immerses the reader in a distinct cultural aesthetic, from the serene minimalism of Southeast Asian modernism to the riot of colour and texture that defines South Asian domestic life. Conceived and produced by Taschen — the benchmark of luxury art publishing — Inside Asia is a testament to the enduring power of place as cultural identity. The photography is lush and unhurried, instructing the eye to linger on handcrafted detail, ancestral heirlooms, and architectural ingenuity that no museum could replicate. Edited by Angelika Taschen with authoritative text by Sunil Sethi, this is a work that argues convincingly for Asia's interiors as among the world's most compelling artistic achievements — and leaves the reader wondering which threshold they might one day cross themselves.
Author: Angie Seah, Sunil Sethi, Ed. Angelika Taschen
Format: Hardback
Published: 2007, Taschen
Genre: Asian history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Step behind the ornate doors and latticed screens of Asia's most extraordinary private spaces — Inside Asia is an opulent visual odyssey through the homes, palaces, and retreats of a continent where beauty, tradition, and modernity collide in breathtaking harmony. Spanning the vibrant streets of Singapore and Thailand to the ancient highlands of Tibet, the storied plains of India, and the gilded temples of Myanmar, this volume presents an intimate portrait of Asian interior design, chronicling the spaces where local artistry meets global sophistication. Each chapter immerses the reader in a distinct cultural aesthetic, from the serene minimalism of Southeast Asian modernism to the riot of colour and texture that defines South Asian domestic life. Conceived and produced by Taschen — the benchmark of luxury art publishing — Inside Asia is a testament to the enduring power of place as cultural identity. The photography is lush and unhurried, instructing the eye to linger on handcrafted detail, ancestral heirlooms, and architectural ingenuity that no museum could replicate. Edited by Angelika Taschen with authoritative text by Sunil Sethi, this is a work that argues convincingly for Asia's interiors as among the world's most compelling artistic achievements — and leaves the reader wondering which threshold they might one day cross themselves.