One previous careful owner - minimal usageClean cover and pagesFrom Neolithic painted petroglyphs, early paintings on silk, and landscapes by twelfth-century literati to the traditional handscrolls being produced today, Chinese painting has always had the power to enthrall. This magnificent book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some three thousand years. Drawing on museum collections, archives, and archaeological sites in China―including many resources never before available to Western scholars―as well as on collections in other countries, the authors present and analyze the very best examples of Chinese painting: more than 300 of them are reproduced here in color. Both accessible to the general reader and revelatory for the scholar, the book provides the most up-to-date and detailed history of China's pictorial art available today.In this book the authors rewrite the history of Chinese art wherever it is found―in caves, temples, or museum collections. They begin by grounding the Western reader in Chinese traditions and practices, showing in essence how to look at a Chinese painting. They then shed light on such topics as the development of classical and narrative painting, the origins of the literati tradition, the flowering of landscape painting, and the ways the traditions of Chinese painting have been carried into the present day. The book, which concludes with a glossary ...

Yale University Press, Date: 1997. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Matte pictorial wraps with trace edgewear and slightly bumped spine ends. Two small shallow dents to lower edge of text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. Well illustrated with color and b/w photos. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 402 pp. 1997. Yale University Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, Date: 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 402pp. Many colour illustrations. This is a comprehensive account of Chinese painting from prehistoric times to the date of publication in 1997, and is a good starting point for anyone who watns to learn about Chinese art. A heavy book, will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK.. 1997. Yale University Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [GB]

Yale University Press, October Date: 2002. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. 2002. Yale University Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]

Yale University Press, Date: 2002-10-01. paperback. Used: Good. 2002. Yale University Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]

New Haven & London: Yale University Press; Beijing, Foreign Language Press, Date: 1997. [xii] 402p., colored and b/w illus., original siff printed wrappers, large quarto format (The culture & civilization of China). 1997. Yale University Press; Beijing, Foreign Language Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]

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Yale University Press, Date: 2002-10-01. paperback. Used:Good. 2002. Yale University Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]

Yale University Press 8/2/2002 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

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New Haven: Yale University Press/Foreign Languages Press, Date: 2002 A magnificent book . . . accessible to the general reader and revelatory for the scholar. Part of the Culture & Civilization of China series. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 402 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, color frontis. Cover: white/tan wraps, color artwork front red/white/black titles front, white titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, spine and adjacent boards faded to medium blue. Large, impressive, heavy. 2002. Yale University Press/Foreign Languages Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]

Yale University Press, Date: 2002-10-01. Paperback. Good. Textbook, May Have Highlights, Notes and/or Underlining, BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE, NO CD, Ships with Emailed Tracking 2002. Yale University Press ISBN 0300094477 9780300094473 [US]