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1	Arts of China more books like this by Michael Sullivan add to wishlist For the fifth edition of his internationally renowned "The Arts of China", Michael Sullivan has thoroughly revised and expanded every chapter of this classic history of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the present day. This new edition reflects the latest archaeological discoveries, pays greater attention to the art of calligraphy, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Chinese Art more books like this by Mary Tregear add to wishlist At a time when interest in China has never been greater, this revised edition of Mary Tregear's survey of the Chinese visual arts should be welcomed by art lovers, students and travellers alike. Generously illustrated and readable, it covers not only bronzes, jades, calligraphy and painting, but also Buddhist sculpture, ceramics, textiles, jewelry ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Art in China more books like this by Craig Clunas add to wishlist China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals. But this rich tradition has not, until now been fully appreciated in the West where scholars have focused attention on the European high ... see all copies from $12.46! new only from $16.80! \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought more books like this by Wolfram Eberhard add to wishlist This unique and authoritative guide describes more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature and in Chinese customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely. An ideal reference book to help one learn and explore further, while ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $30.68! \| SVS
5	The Fat Man's Daughter more books like this by Caroline Petit add to wishlist In this suspenseful debut novel, a woman travels to Japanese-held Manchuko in1937, intent on stealing the Chinese imperial treasure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art more books like this by Lothar Ledderose add to wishlist Chinese workers in the third century B.C. created seven thousand life-sized terracotta soldiers to guard the tomb of the First Emperor. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, China exported more than a hundred million pieces of porcelain to the West. The Chinese throughout history have produced works art in astonishing quantities - and have ... see all copies from $27.17! new only from $39.10! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Chinese Art & Culture more books like this by Robert L Thorp, Richard Ellis Vinograd add to wishlist For courses in Far Eastern Art and survey courses in Chinese Art History.This text discusses Chinese art within a variety of contexts--such as archaeological, cultural, historical, social, and ritual/religious. Organized both chronologically and thematically, it covers a full historical span--from the Neolithic era to contemporary art, and ... see all copies from $42.49! new only from $95.14! \| SVS
8	Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei more books like this by Wen C Fong, James C Y Watt add to wishlist Emperor Ch'ien-lung, who ruled China from 1736 to 1795, amassed an extensive collection of Chinese art which today forms the core of the holdings of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Drawing on this rich resource, this work provides a history of imperial Chinese art and culture from the Neolithic period to 18th century. It reproduces some of the ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $160.76! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Taoism and the Arts of China more books like this by Stephen Little, Kristofer Shipper add to wishlist This text brings together a remarkable collection of art from one of China's most ancient and influential traditions. Produced to accompany the first major exhibition ever organised on the Taoist philosophy and religion, this book includes more than 150 works of art from as early as the late Zhou dynasty (fifth-third century BC) to the Qing ... see all copies from $55.29! first editions
10	China: A History in Art more books like this by Bradley Smith add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei more books like this by Kuo Li Ku Kung Po Wu Y Uan, Maxwell K Hearn, Guo Li Gu Gong Bo Wu Yuan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.89! \| first editions
12	Oxford History of Art more books like this by Craig Clunas add to wishlist China can boast a history of art lasting 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of images and objects - jade tablets, painted silk handscrolls and fans, ink and lacquer painting, porcelain-ware, sculptures, and calligraphy. They range in scale from the vast 'terracotta army' with its 7,000 or so life-size figures, to the exquisitely delicate ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $24.09! \| first editions
13 view cover	Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China more books like this by Michael Sullivan add to wishlist This visually stunning book focuses on the rebirth of Chinese art in the twentieth century under the influence of Western art and culture. Michael Sullivan, recognized throughout the world as a leading scholar of Chinese art, vividly documents the conflicting pulls of traditional and Western values on Chinese art and provides 364 illustrations, in ... see all copies from $37.45! new only from $79.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Dynasties of China: A History more books like this by Bamber Gascoigne add to wishlist Shang, Chou, Han, T'ang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, Ch'ing for most Westerners, they stand only as adjectives to describe a lacquer, a bronze, a silk, a watercolor. And for all the familiarity a blue and white porcelain vase from the Ming dynasty or the bright and sturdy pottery figures of horses and grooms from the T'ang may now have acquired, the ... see all copies from $4.94! new only from $8.13! \| SVS
15	The Splendors of Imperial China more books like this by Maxwell Hearn, Kuo Li Ku Kung Po Wu Y Uan, Guo Li Gu Gong Bo Wu Yuan add to wishlist see all copies from $6.50! new only from $32.63! \| first editions
16	Chinese art more books like this by Stephen W. Bushell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Century of Tung Ch'i-Ch'ang 1555-1636 more books like this by Wai-Kam Ho add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00!
18 view cover	Differences Preserved: Reconstructed Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties more books like this by Hsingyuan Tsao add to wishlist Presents works excavated from 2 sets of tombs in northern China from the 9th to 12th centuries. Objects such as fine ceramic pots and bowls, tea services and furniture are shown, as well as reproductions of the tomb wall murals, to present a story of daily life. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Empire of Great Brightness: Visual and Material Cultures of Ming China, 1368-1644 more books like this by Craig Clunas add to wishlist Empire of Great Brightness is an innovative and accessible history of a high point in Chinese culture, seen through the riches of its images and objects. Not a simple emperor-by-emperor history, it instead introduces the reader to themes that provide stimulating and original points of entry to the culture of China: to ideas of motion and rest, to ... see all copies from $29.33! new only from $29.33! \| SVS
20	Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art: An Outline History of East Asiatic Design more books like this by Ernest F Fenollosa add to wishlist see all copies from $4.55! first editions \| SVS
21	Chinese & Oriental art more books like this by Michael Batterberry add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Inside Out: New Chinese Art more books like this by Minglu Gao, Gau Minglu (Editor) add to wishlist The late twentieth century has been marked by momentous political, economic, and social change throughout the Chinese world. Deeply rooted cultural assumptions and ancient visual traditions have been challenged by rapid modernization and conflicting global, ethnic, and local identities. "Inside/Out: New Chinese Art" was the first major ... see all copies from $33.00! new only from $79.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China more books like this by Jan Chapman add to wishlist This illustrated survey of pieces from the world's finest and most unusual private and public collections enables the reader to recognize items through seals and trace the influences of other materials. see all copies from $51.09! new only from $79.80! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Arts of China to A.D. 900 more books like this by William Watson add to wishlist This work is the first in a three volume series that surveys China's wealth of art, architecture and artefacts from prehistoric times to the 20th century. It 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. The book discusses in ... see all copies from $3.90! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Art of China: Spirit and Society more books like this by Werner Speiser add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.90! \| first editions \| SVS

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