Recarving China's Past
Subtitle: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the "Wu Family Shrines" (American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum)
Contributors: Michael Loewe (Contributor)
Publisher: Other Distribution
Published: May 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780300107975
Subjects: Architecture; Asian archaeology; Carving & carvings; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Asia - China; Asian; International Architecture - Asian; Art / General; Anthropology - Cultural; Art, Chinese; China; Decorative arts; History; Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D
First sentence: The desire to preserve the past for present and future encounters provides the impetus for recarving.