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The arts of China after 1620 / William Watson and Chuimei Ho

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Yale University Press Pelican history of artPublication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2007]Description: 274 p. : ill, map, ports. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780300107357
  • 9780300107357
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Graphics - A foison of pictures -- Literati inspiration - Discipline and free invention -- Carving and sculpture - Emblematic images -- Manufactured materials - The quest for colour -- Snuff bottles and glass - From apprenticeship to mastery -- Textiles - The universal craft -- House and garden - Shaping the home environment -- Marketing abroad - Mutual exoticism
Summary: 'The Arts of China After 1620' concludes a major three-volume survey that examines China's huge wealth of art, architecture and artefacts from prehistoric times to the present.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Graphics - A foison of pictures -- Literati inspiration - Discipline and free invention -- Carving and sculpture - Emblematic images -- Manufactured materials - The quest for colour -- Snuff bottles and glass - From apprenticeship to mastery -- Textiles - The universal craft -- House and garden - Shaping the home environment -- Marketing abroad - Mutual exoticism

'The Arts of China After 1620' concludes a major three-volume survey that examines China's huge wealth of art, architecture and artefacts from prehistoric times to the present.

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