Chinese Art and Design: Art Objects in Ritual and Daily Life

by Craig Clunas, Verity Wilson, Ian Thomas

Book Overview

This book explores China's past in a new way. It shows how art objects were used in Chinese culture -- in sumptuous burials, in temples, in the elegant mansions of the rich, and the splendid setting of the Imperial Court. It explains the use of porcelain, lacquer, jade, silk and precious metals in the arts of eating and drinking. Looking afresh at the taste of Chinese scholars and western collectors over the centuries, it increases our understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087951437X
• ISBN13: 9780879514372
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.0" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher