Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

by Richard M. Barnhart, Yang Xin, Nie Chongzheng, et al.

Book Overview

From Neolithic painted petroglyphs, early paintings on silk, and landscapes by twelfth-century literati to the traditional handscrolls being produced today, Chinese painting has always had the power to enthrall. This magnificent book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some three thousand years. Drawing on museum collections, archives, and archaeological sites...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300094477
• ISBN13: 9780300094473
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 4.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.0" x 12.0"