Main entry:

Watson, William, 1917 Dec.9-

Title & Author:

The arts of China to AD 900 / William Watson.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1995.

Description:

vi, 276 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Series:

Yale University Press Pelican history of art.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Graphics -- A Foison of Pictures -- Court Painting / William Watson -- Academic Painting / William Watson -- Books and Prints / William Watson -- Literati Inspiration -- Discipline and Free Invention -- Painting and Ornament / William Watson -- The Cult of Writing Equipment / Chuimei Ho -- Carving and Sculpture -- Emblematic Images -- Carving in Soft Materials / William Watson -- Hardstone / William Watson -- Jade carving / Chuimei Ho -- Religious Statues and Figurines / Chuimei Ho -- Manufactured Materials -- The Quest for Colour -- Ceramics. The Main Tradition / William Watson -- Imperial Ceramics in the Nineteenth Century / William Watson -- Cloisonne and Painted Enamelled Ware / William Watson -- Decorated Lacquer / William Watson -- Snuff Bottles and Glass -- From Apprenticeship to Mastery -- Snuff Bottles / Chuimei Ho -- Glass / Chuimei Ho -- Textiles -- The Universal Craft -- Costumes and Accessories / Chuimei Ho -- House and Garden -- Shaping the Home Environment -- Architecture / William Watson -- Furniture / Chuimei Ho -- Marketing Abroad -- Mutual Exoticism -- Traders and Ceramics / William Watson.

Summary:

"This handsome book is the first in a major three-volume series that will survey China's immense wealth of art, architecture, and artefacts from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. The Arts of China to AD 900 investigates the beginnings of the traditions on which much of the art rests, moving from Neolithic and Bronze Age China to the era of the Tang Dynasty around AD 900"--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300059892
9780300059892
0300082843
9780300082845

Subject:

Art, Chinese.
Art, Chinese History.
Art chinois Histoire.
Art chinois.
Artes China.
China
Visual arts History

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Yale University Press Pelican history of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 88753
Call No.: N7343 .W3 1995
Status: Available