Chinese Art

This book is a 1972, First English Edition, publisher Octopus Books.

Very good condition, hardback. 158 pages.

The book contains 101 chiefly colour illustrations and shows art, ceramics from Tang and Ming dynasties, bronzes, paintings, scrolls, calligraphy.

The book shows items from:
The Shang dynasty (1523-1028 BC)
The reign of the Chou (1027-256 BC)
The Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)
The six dynasties (220-590)
The brief reign of the Sui (581-618)
The T'ang dynasty (618-906) --
The five dynasties (907-60) --
The Sung nationalists (960-1279) --
The Yüan Mongols (1260-1368) --
The Ming (1368-1644) --
The Ch'ing (1644-1912).

The book shows Chinese visual arts, up to 1912.

Bogen "Chinese Art" udgivet i 1972 cindeholder 101 farveillustrationer og dækker kinesisk kunsthistorie fra forhistorisk tid til Ch'ing-dynastiet (1644-1912). Indholdsfortegnelsen inkluderer perioder som Shang-dynastiet, Han-dynastiet, T'ang-dynastiet, Ming-dynastiet og mange flere. Bogen indeholder også en bibliografi og et indeks over illustrationer.