Masterworks of Chinese Art: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

by Colin Mackenzie and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Including masterpieces from every period of Chinese art, the Chinese collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is celebrated as one of the finest outside Asia. This catalogue presents a selection of works ranging in date from the second millennium B.C.E. to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The selection is representative of the central traditions of Chinese art--ancient jade carving and ritual bronzes, ceramics, Buddhist sculpture, scroll painting,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061548882X
• ISBN13: 9780615488820
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.3" x 11.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher