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Art in China
Craig Clunas
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Description for Art in China
Paperback. 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 Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 halftones, 79 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 652.
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, such as calligraphy. Art in China marks a breakthrough in the study of the subject. Drawing on recent innovative scholarship - and newly-accessible studies in ... Read more
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, such as calligraphy. Art in China marks a breakthrough in the study of the subject. Drawing on recent innovative scholarship - and newly-accessible studies in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford History of Art
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199217342
SKU
V9780199217342
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About Craig Clunas
Craig Clunas has worked as a curator of Chinese art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and taught at Sussex University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. He was appointed Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford in 2007, where he is the first holder of the chair to specialise in art from Asia. ... Read more
Reviews for Art in China
Review from previous edition A completely fresh account of Chinese art… lively and highly accessible.
Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, Merton College, Oxford
Always lucid and sometimes provocative… incorporates not only the most recent archaeological discoveries, but also the insights of a prodigious amount of recent scholarship… invaluable.
Professor Julia K. Murray, University of Wisconsin
A serious ... Read more
Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, Merton College, Oxford
Always lucid and sometimes provocative… incorporates not only the most recent archaeological discoveries, but also the insights of a prodigious amount of recent scholarship… invaluable.
Professor Julia K. Murray, University of Wisconsin
A serious ... Read more