China: A History in Art

by Bradley Smith

Other authorsWan-go Weng (Author)
Hardcover, 1976

Status

Available

Call number

RAR.AHC.SMB.CHA RAR.AHC.SMB.CAA

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.

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
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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
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