Asian Theatre Puppets Creativity Culture and Craftsmanship - Creativity, Culture and Craftsmanship From the Collection of Paul Lin

This stunningly illustrated book introduces for the first time the beauty of theatre puppets from all major Asian traditions, taking the reader on an inspiring journey through hundreds of years of craftsmanship and creativity in nearly 350 glorious photographs. Asian Theatre Puppets will have immense appeal both to audiences with an interest in the Asian arts, as well as to the general reader, as it opens up a whole realm of artistic expression that has hitherto been largely unknown in the West.

About the author

Robin Ruizendaal has been researching puppet theatre throughout Asia for over twenty years. He is director of the Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum in Taipei and creative director of the Taiynana Puppet Theatre Company.Wang Hanshun is a photographer, who has been working with the Puppet Theatre Museum in Taipei for over ten years.

Product details

• Authors: Wang Hanshun, Hanshun Wang, Paul Lin, Paul T. K. Lin, Robin Ruizendaal, Ruizendaal Robin
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2009
• EAN: 9780500514900
• ISBN: 978-0-500-51490-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 300 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 2490 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Asia, Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre, PERFORMING ARTS / Puppets & Puppetry, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre, Asia;Theatre;Cultural History