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Available
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Publication
Gemini Smith / Doubleday (1976), 296 pages
Description
Within this handsome book is a key to understanding the long road that China, one of the great powers of the ancient and the modern world, has traveled in its dramatic history. It also provides a colorful guide to the course of Chinese art from the Neolithic Age to the eve of its industrialization and re-emergence on the world stage.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1972
Physical description
296 p.
ISBN
0385116306 / 9780385116305
Call number
RAR.AHC.SMB.CHA RAR.AHC.SMB.CAA
Library's review
This book is a comprehensive study of the art and history of China, seen through the work of artists who recorded the life and times around them. Each chapter focuses on a time period, covering the history of art from 1100 B.C. to 20th century China.
'This work is concerned with abstracting the
(Abstract from preface by Bradley Smith)
'This work is concerned with abstracting the
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essence of the history of China primarily through its art; to select the visions the artist has used to portray the history of his country.'(Abstract from preface by Bradley Smith)
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Pages
296