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This richly illustrated volume, with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, explores the themes that have piqued the popular imagination about Tibet. In the ... More

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With more than 300 pieces of Dunhuang decorative designs, this book reflects the artists' creativity and innovation in inheriting the national and ... More

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The Pictures of Tilling and Weaving scrolls depict 45 procedures of agriculture and sericulture with each stage accompanied by a poem by Lou Shu ... More

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An enigmatic locale that has long fascinated the West, the Forbidden City of Peking is explored in this chronicle. It reveals how the city has always ... More

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Douglas Barrett was one of the leading western authorities on the arts of India. The articles brought together here are grouped into three separate ... More

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English summary: They grab the attention of the eye on many Chinese paintings and samples of calligraphy - red stamps, which cover some works in ... More

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Professor Sullivan is a leading authority on the art of China, and has published a number of standard works on both traditional and modern Chinese ... More

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Featuring hundreds of pieces never seen outside China, this sumptuous book focuses on the most powerful rulers of China's last dynasty, the Qing. ... More

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The fine arts of China are often ignored by the Western world, from jade tablets, painted silk hand scrolls and fans to ink and lacquer paintings and ... More

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Gregor Benton and Alan Hunter provide here a source book of documents of democratic dissent under Chinese Communism, most of them previously ... More

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China is one of the world's most enduring civilizations, dating back almost 4,000 years. Official political documents and paintings, are used to ... More

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Pastimes is the first book in English on Chinese jinshi, or antiquarianism, the pinnacle of traditional connoisseurship of ancient artifacts and ... More

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Through a richly illustrated text, this book recounts the vivid history of Canton, which in its heyday was the center of the China Trade and was for ... More

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In this full-colour book illustrating life in the colourful area south of Hollywood Road, Hong Kong, Lorette Roberts paints the town red - and orange ... More

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Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Washington).

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Intended both for the general reader and the serious student, "The Arts of China" presents a fascinating and balanced picture of Chinese art from the ... More

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Forty years after China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution, this book revisits the visual and performing arts of the period - the paintings, propaganda ... More

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A crucial topic in the study of Chinese culture past or present is that of the "boundary." In this book the authors investigate the meaning of the ... More

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This outstanding work reviews sinological studies in most European nations from their inception through the late 20th century, reported by the most ... More

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Recognized for decades as the West's doyen on China, John King Fairbank here offers the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with ... More

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