Chinese art & culture : Robert L. Thorp, Richard Ellis Vinograd.

Author(s): Vinograd, Richard Ellis | Thorp, Robert L., 1946-

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Main Title
Chinese art & culture
Author(s)
Thorp, Robert L., 1946-
Vinograd, Richard Ellis
Publisher
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
Collation
440 p. : ill. (some col.), maps
29 cm.
Summary
An illustrated chronicle of Chinese art from the late Neolithic period through the twentieth century, which discusses artistic reflections of politics, material culture, belief systems, and more, and includes over one hundred color plates, eight maps, and a time line.
ISBN
0130889695
Dewey Class
709.51
Contents
Introducing Chinese Art and Culture -- 1. Prehistoric Roots: Late Neolithic Cultures -- 2. The Early Bronze Age: Shang and Western Zhou -- 3. The Late Bronze Age: Eastern Zhou -- 4. The First Empires: Qin and Han -- 5. Age of the Dharma: The Period of Division -- 6. A New Imperial State: Sui and Tang -- 7. Technologies and Cultures of the Song -- 8. Official, Personal, and Urban Arts of the Yuan to Middle Ming -- 9. Art Systems and Circulations: Late Ming to Middle Qing -- 10. Identity and Community in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Chinese Art.
Language
English
Subject
Art, Chinese
BRN
8171

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