#Asian Art Books

[parkstone-international]

African Art: Ancient Inspirations, Modern Expressions

African Art: Ancient Inspirations, Modern Expressions

[moth-into-flames]

snoopy and charlie read asian lit

[ozgurkedi]

[pemprika]

🩸 the opera 🩸 postcard set for @andythelemon​’s original east asian and SEA-themed demon art book! 

preorders are open until october 16, so grab a copy while you can at sibzine.storenvy.com

[1five1two]

Jungho Lee.

[rainreads]

my rainy days (2009)

[1eatboys]

I keep seeing the odd post here and there mentioning that Ballister Blackheart is white in the Nimona comic and it hurts my heart a little each time I see somebody say that bc he’s actually not! Ballister Blackheart is canonically Asian in the comic, he is East Asian and simply has light skin.

I just find it saddening and wrong (granted I’m white myself so maybe it’s not my place to have an opinion on) to erase a character who is canonically a poc just because they have light skin :/

This is not a diss to people who didn’t know or people that were mistaken, that’s sort of the reason I’m making this post, so more people can know the truth rather than be misinformed or assume incorrectly.

(Context of the photo attached is that it is from a QnA Nate did on the Nimona comic years ago)

Edit: added alt text of everything written in the photo

[arthistoryanimalia]

Its #BatAppreciationDay so please appreciate this awesome 19th century Japanese kosode decorated with embroidered lucky bats, photographed in 2019 at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in DC:

Kosode with Bats Japan, Edo - Meiji periods, 19th century silk twill, paste-resist dyed, embroidery, 67⅜ × 48⅞ in. National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture

“In the West, bats - nocturnal in habit and denizens of dark places tend to be viewed as unlucky, but in China they have long been considered an auspicious motif (one of the characters used to write the word "bat" is a homonym for good fortune). The Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjüro VII (1791-1859) used bat motifs in his costumes, and the perception of these animals as a chic design element spread rapidly throughout Japan in the nineteenth century. Here a great number of them are arranged in right-left symmetry from the base of the collar to the hem.”

The above info is from the official exhibition catalog - this bat kosode is on p. 124:

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art (2019)

[lexielivid]

Give me a chance like plssss

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, God Indra visits imprisoned Sita in the Ravana Palace Garden While the Guardian Demoness Sleep (detail), 1775

Opaque watercolor with gold

[parkstone-international]

Exploring Egyptian Artistic Legacy: A Journey through Iconic Pharaonic Masterpieces

Exploring Egyptian Artistic Legacy: A Journey through Iconic Pharaonic Masterpieces

– Video credit: + Animating Clouds Moving Over the Pyramids video of Brian Banford from Pexels. + Egyptian map video of TrebbieGeo from Pixabay. + The Egypt Pyramid video of Placidplace from Pixabay. The text below is the excerpt from the book Egyptian Art (ISBN: 9781644618738), written by Jean Capart, Elie Faure and Victoria Charles, published by Parkstone International. Can one compile, at…

[upennmanuscripts]

A handsome lizard skulks across page 8 of Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. We don't know much about these books except that they were made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. If you know more, let us know!

🔗:

[the-cricket-chirps]

Unknown Artist

One Hundred Poems and One Hundred Poets (book cover)

c. 1870s

[lopposting]

just realized, i think sophia's face was re-done between the demo and the final release.

definitely like the latter version more, she seems warmer and a bit more matronly, which is more fitting for her character. she's also smiling wider than in the demo (the first shot is her smiling from the demo version, she just seems a bit more grave upon seeing us). and also... how do i say this. She's looking less asianic. Round8 studios are based in south korea, their team is largely made up of korean people.

sophia's appearance in the launch trailer:

and again, sophia in the demo vs. final release (unsmiling so you get a better idea)

anyways, that's a bit of sophia. we have yet to see pre-alpha P except for a SUPER blown up snap of his face in the dark from the first trailer and quick snaps from earlier gameplay footage

[queer-africa]

Hello world, reaching to everyone is one of the members of the queer refugees community from Kenya Kakuma refugee camp. Life has never been good since we came to the camp years ago in 2019 and 2020. Although life is hard, lgbtiqa refugees have continuously joined us in the camp in the latest years leading to a bigger number of lgbt refugees in Kenya.

The camp has over 200,000 total number of refugees with just about 1300 lgbtiqa+ refugees. Its just a smaller ratio of lgbtiqa regugees facing persevution from the bigger number of other refugees.

Most of us have fled from Uganda where things turned out to be hard on queer people including death and imprisonment of lgbtiqa people. I call upon everyone tk help and support the the fellow queer people surbive through this trauma. You can’t imagine we have lost friends through death due to homophobia. One of us who was killed badly by setting fire on them did noy live for a month later. When we rushed them to hospital, doctors knew was trans and so devided to delay him and later died. We please need everyone to help. Even contacting UNHCR can help.

Look we have a youtube channel for more information and links like petitions and fundraiser are attached to our youtube channel

Our fundraiser below

It takes a good and kind heart to help, you will always stick on our hearts yiu people that make us feel we sre loved and cared about. Sustaining ourselves has failed us. We would prefer having jobs however no one can give a job to a demon like how the call us to be.

Hospital treatment in the government and UNHCR hospitals is hard because of homophobia and delays on LGBT people. For the love and support of one another, we love you

[doodleswithangie]

jam session

If you loved Infinity Train Book 4, preorders are now open for Rhymin: A CCJ Fanzine, a charity fanzine celebrating Ryan and Min-Gi! More info and links are available at @ryminzine!

[image description: Fanart of Ryan Akagi and Min-Gi Park from “Infinity Train.” Ryan plucks at his guitar while singing to Min. Next to him, Min-Gi is sat curled up with his keyboard and listens with a soft smile on his face. The colors of their clothes match that of each other’s instruments.]