The Arts of China After 1620 (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300107357
Subjects: Oriental art; Art; Art & Art Instruction; China; Asian; History - General; Art / General; Asia - China
Description: Beginning with discussions of pictorial fine art and progressing to decorative arts that include carving, architecture, sculpture, ceramics, jade, glasswares and textiles, the authors demonstrate that during the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries China was on the verge of becoming a global cultural power. The volume covers the last three hundred years, with a focus on the eighteenth century reigns of Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. -- Dust Jacket.