The book contains chapters on the Islamic architecture of Pakistan, Calligraphy with religious texts, history of Mughal Painting, the Art of Coinage, socio-political life of Islam, and Arabic and Persian Literature. It is will be of great help to the students, scholars and tourists

Modern Women explores how history might account for the women missing from the familar narrative of modernism; how women variously fit into, redefine or upend the usual categories of art and art-making; and the role of the Museum of Modern Art as a site of both patronage and protest. This book offers a lively discourse around gender and the production of meaning in art, one absolutely necessary for a more complex understanding of the art of our time

The works in this book introduce characteristics and changes in Korean art through the ages in many different fields

Motown is first and foremost the tale of the incredible entrepreneurship of Berry Gordy. Posner presents Berry and Motown"s stars as they lived and worked: a circle of friends, lovers, and sometimes vicious foes. Based on original interviews, extensive documentation, and official court records, Motown is a singular story, a made-in America Greek tragedy about the rise and fall of a music empire that provided the virtual soundtrack to a generation

This extraordinary book about an extraordinary woman weaves together three stories-the remarkable career of a woman in a man

This book is an armchair view of Test cricket, describes the experience of living with a game in a country where the sport occupies mind space like nothing else can

This book is a forum series publication of the US Infromation Agency. The volume contains twenty three original essays by major American scholars, as well as an introductory essay by professor Luedtke. The book covers virtually every aspect of American life and culture - ethnicity, urbanization, the arts, philosophy, religion, politics, etc

The edition touches upon the formation of historical Moscow, combination of Eastern and Western traditions in the city`s artistic image, succession of symbolics of Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinopole, Kiev and Vladimir

This book will provide an essential guide for any traveller to Central Asia as well as to students and those generally interested in the history and culture of the region

Macao lies on the western bank of the Pearl River estuary, forming together with Hong Kong and Guangzhou a triangle on the outer rim of the Pearl River Delta