Chinese ArtDealing not only with architecture, sculpture, and painting, but also with bronze and ceramics, this text offers a complete panorama of Chinese arts and civilisation. In his text, the author Bushell stresses the importance of knowing the society to understand the arts. |
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II Carving and lapidary arts | 69 |
III Manufactured materials | 125 |
IV Pictorial art | 187 |
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List of Illustrations | 251 |
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Albert Museum altar ancient artist B.C. Bronze Bamboo blue bowls British Museum brush pot Buddha Buddhist built Canton capital carved celebrated ceramic ch’i Ch’ien Lung China Chinese art Chinese painting Chou Dynasty city wall colour on paper colour on silk court decoration designs dragons Dunhuang Dunhuang cave early emperor figures floral flowers Forbidden City glass glazes gold hall Han Dynasty Hanging scroll Heaven height Hsüan Huang imperial India ink and colour Ivory jade jadeite K’ai-chih K’ang Hsi Kuan lacquer landscape material metal meters Ming monks motifs National Palace Museum nephrite ofjade ornamental painters Peking period pieces porcelain portraits Private collection province Qin shi Huang Qing reign roof sacred scenes Shih snuff bottle stone Sung Dynasty Taipei Tang Taoist temple Terracotta Terracotta Army tint Tomb Tz’u vase Victoria and Albert Wang Wang Shimin wine vessel wood yellow Yuan Yun Shouping Yung