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Arts of China : the Ahmanson Murphy Fine Arts Imprint (4TH 99 Edition)
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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The Revolution Continues: New Art from China
by Saatchi Gallery (edt) Synopsis China has emerged as the next frontier for contemporary art. Chinese artists, such as Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun, Wang Guangyi, and Shen Shaomin, are producing some of today's most provocative new work. With China set to host the world at the 2008...
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Art in China (97 Edition)
by Craig Clunas Publisher Comments About the Oxford History of Art Series: "An impressively challenging and ambitious series intended to rewrite no less than the whole history of art in terms of new ideas and new scholarship."--Christopher White, Director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford...
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New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection
by Stephen Little Book News Annotation Published to accompany an exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 2007, this significant volume presents lengthy entries and artist's biographies by renowned scholars and superb color reproductions of 137 works from the Richard Fabian Collection....
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Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty
by He Li Publisher Comments "The traveling exhibition "Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty" opens at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco on Friday, June 27, 2008. The excellent catalog is organized by medium, with sections on gold, lacquer and porcelain." - The...
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Breakout: Chinese Art Outside China
by Melissa Chiu Publisher Comments This first book to substantially focus on China's artistic diaspora--and to differentiate it from the artistic community inside China--assembles the work of 14 artists who emigrated in the lead-up to the 1989 protest at Tiananmen Square. Now settled in...
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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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Writing on the Wall: Chinese New Realism and Avant-Garde in the Eighties and Nineties
by Cees Hendrikse Publisher Comments Published in conjunction with an ambitious multi-part exploration of Chinese culture in the Netherlands at The Groninger Museum and The Drents Museum in Assen, this volume considers art produced in China from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. That country'...
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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 Kangxi...
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Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary
by Michael Sullivan Publisher Comments The first biographical dictionary of its kind in any Western Language, this pioneering work provides short, information-packed entries for approx. 1,800 Chinese artists of the 20th and 21st centuries....
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Embodied Image
by Robert Harrist Publisher Comments The Embodied image new perspectives on the beauty, offers power, and art of the written word in China. Containing many never-before-published masterpieces from the third century to the modern period, all from the premier John B. Elliott Collection, this...
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Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs: A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art Through the Ages
by Charles Al 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 Wen Li Chang Synopsis A fascinating study of this amazing archaeological discovery....
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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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Chinese Art Revised Edition
by Mary Tregear Publisher Comments At a time when interest in China has never been greater, this revised edition of Mary Tregear's authoritative survey of the Chinese visual arts will be welcomed by art lovers, travelers, and students alike. Generously illustrated and eminently readable...
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Collecting Chinese Art
by Sam Bernstein Synopsis Much of what we know about early Chinese art is undergoing change in light of recent archaeological discoveries. This entertaining and informative volume by a leading specialist in the field illustrates and documents 120 outstanding Chinese works of art....
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Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection
by Jeff Kelley Publisher Comments Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection is a breathtaking and insightful survey of post-Tiananmen Square Chinese art and culture. As this richly illustrated work reveals, contemporary Chinese art--often discussed as a...
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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 Publisher Comments In "Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde, "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 the avant-garde was...
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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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