Chinese Art in Detail

by Carol Michaelson, Jane Portal, MICHAELSON CAROL

Book Overview

For many Westerners, the words "Chinese art" evoke visions of willow pattern landscapes on porcelain plates and teapots, Chinese wallpaper decorated with flowers, birds, and pagodas, and perhaps silk brocades. This beautiful book allows readers to see beyond such ornamental exports to the true nature of the art produced in China over millennia for a Chinese audience, whether the Emperor, the scholarly elite, the ordinary folk, or the furnishing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674023897
• ISBN13: 9780674023895
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 8.8"