Oxford University Press, Date: 2009. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 276 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. 2009. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199217343 9780199217342 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199217343, ISBN13: 9780199217342, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals.But this rich tradition has not, until now been fully appreciated in the West where scholars have focused attention on the European high arts of painting and sculpture, downplaying arts more highly prized by the Chinese themselves, suchas calligraphy.Art in China marks a breakthrough in the study of the subject. Drawing on recent innovative scholarship - and newly-accessible studies in China itself - CraigClunas surveys the full spectrum of the visual arts in China. He ranges from the Neolithic period to the art scene of the early 21st century, examining Chinese art in a variety of contexts - as it has been designed for tombs, commissioned by rulers, displayed in temples, created by the men and women of the educated elite, and bought and sold in the marketplace. This updated edition contains expanded coverage of modern and contemporary art, from the fall of the empire in 1911 to the growinginternational interest in the art of an increasingly confident and booming China. A beautifully illustrated new edition of the ultimate single-volume guide to the history of art in China, from neolithic times to the 21st century Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW ...
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ISBN10: 0199217343, ISBN13: 9780199217342, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover First Edition First Edition thus. Art In China 2nd by Craig Clunas. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Paperback ISBN:9780199217342. Collectible item in very fine condition.
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Oxford University Press 2009 2nd ed. paperback New

ISBN10: 0199217343, ISBN13: 9780199217342, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover
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