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Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization
by Robert Bagley  Publisher Comments This extraordinary catalogue accompanies a major traveling exhibition of 128 works of bronze, jade, and clay dating from the thirteenth century B.C. to the second century A.D. The majority of these stunningly sophisticated works of art--among the most...
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Search for Ancient China (Discoveries)
by C Debaine Francfort Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Firecrackers!: An Eye-Popping Collection of Chinese Firework Art
by Warren Dotz Synopsis Firecrackers, sparklers, and rockets offer maximum flash for minimum cash, and over the years, manufacturers have created dazzling labels to hype their pyrotechnic products. FIRECRACKERS! pays tribute to this eye-popping art form, featuring some of the...
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Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
by Lincoln Cushing Synopsis The Cultural Revolution in China produced thousands of powerful social and political posters exhorting the Chinese people in a sweeping transformation of Chinese society. These brilliantly colorful images of cultural celebration, industrial development...
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Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives
by Charles Al Williams Publisher Comments This standard reference, long familiar to students of Chinese culture, emphasizes the historical, legendary, or supernatural persons, animals and objects as symbols in art and literature. 402 illustrations....
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Chinese Art Revised Edition
by Mary Tregear Synopsis This revised edition of Mary Tregear's survey of the Chinese visual arts covers bronzes, jades, calligraphy and painting. She also looks at Buddhist sculpture, ceramics, textiles, jewellery, lacquer, garden design and architecture....
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The Arts of China After 1620 (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
by William Watson Publisher Comments In this volume, William Watson and Chuimei Ho begin with discussions of “fine” art and painting and progress to an analysis of carving and sculpture, ceramics, glassware, and textiles. The authors demonstrate how, in the age of the Emperors...
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Arts of China 4TH Edition Expanded & Revised
by Michael Sullivan Publisher Comments For the fourth edition of his much-heralded The Arts of China, last published in 1984, Michael Sullivan has thoroughly revised and expanded this classic history of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the 1990s. He draws on archaeological discoveries...
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Made in China
by Reed Darmon Publisher Comments A vibrant tribute to colourful Chinese product and design....
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Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary
by Michael Sullivan Synopsis An important reference source for scholars and students of modern Chinese art, collectors, museums and libraries, dealers and auction houses. It includes biographical entries for approximately 800 Chinese artists who grew up or were trained in China and...
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Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs: A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art Through the Ages
by C A. S. Williams Publisher Comments Gain a deeper appreciation for Chinese art and architecture by understanding its symbols. The Yin and Yang, dragon, phoenix, five elements, and other symbols are explained in their historical and cultural context. Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs also...
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The Qin Terracotta Army: Treasures of Lintong
by Zhang Wenli Synopsis A fascinating study of this amazing archaeological discovery....
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Chinese Art & Culture
by Robert L Thorp Synopsis Lucid, authoritative, written with verve by two respected American scholars, this generously illustrated work provides an introduction to more than 7,000 years of Chinese art -- from the pottery-making and jade-carving cultures of the Neolithic Age to...
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Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde: The Modern Woodcut Movement
by Xiaobing Tang Synopsis In < I> Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde, < /I> Xiaobing Tang studies the art and art theories of the first half of the twentieth century, when modern Chinese art and literature emerged. He argues that the most consequential expression of...
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Chinese Folk Designs a Collection of 300
by Willis Meeke Hawley Publisher Comments 300 authentic, solid-silhouette designs printed in colors: phoenix, chrysanthemum, lotus, plum blossom, butterfly, fish, boat, etc. Provides rare source of ideas and direct reproduction wherever Oriental flavor is needed. "One of the most aesthetically...
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Art of the Houma Foundry: Institute of Archaeology of Shanxi Provincial
by Jay Xu Publisher Comments Art of the Houma Foundry is an illustrated repertory of archaeological finds made at the site of a sixth-to fifth-century B.C. bronze foundry located at modern Houma in Shanxi Province, P.R.C. In the sixth and fifth centuries Houma was the capital of the...
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Visible/Invisible
by Liu (edt) Libin Publisher Comments Visible/Invisible explores contemporary Chinese abstraction through the work of nine prominent artists: Xu Hongming, Zhang Fan, Tan Ping, Wang Guangle, Zhou Yangming, Li Yang, Chen Ruo Bing, Tang Kaizhi and Lin Yan. This volume explores both Western...
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Masterpieces of Chinese Art
by Rhonda and Jeffrey Cooper Publisher Comments Hers is a magnificient overview of the artistic masterpieces of Chinese civilization from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century, encompassing sculpture, paintings, drawings, and pottery....
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Performance Art in China
by Thomas J. Berghuis Publisher Comments Performance Art in China takes as its subject one of the most dynamic and controversial areas of experimental art practice in China. In his comprehensive study, Sydney-based theorist and art historian Thomas J. Berghuis introduces and investigates the...
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Art and Architecture of China: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art (Pelican History of Art)
by Laurence C Sickman Synopsis With almost 4,000 years of artistic evolution--from the Shang Dynasty to the end of the Ch'ing in this century--the Chinese boast a longer span of cultural history than any other race. The abiding influence of tradition is stressed by both authors...
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