Art of Dynastic China

Art of Dynastic China

This book includes the full scope of Chinese Arts, From early Antiquity to this century.

William Watson

New York : Abrams

1981

Part one. The evolution of style. Early traditions -- Neolithic settlement and conomy -- Two neolithic arts -- The hieratic cycle -- Art in the Shang state -- Hieratic and realistic style -- THe first Henan style -- The feudal empire -- Sytles of the early Zhou reigns -- The second Henan style -- The Shanxi style -- The third Henan style -- The geometricizing style -- The animal style -- Realistic art -- Empire and imperialism -- The theory and practice of verisimilitude -- Religious art -- Architecture -- The ancient tradition -- Wood and brick -- Buildings in plan -- Pillar, beam, and bracket -- Buddhist architecture -- Philosophized art -- Writing -- An invenion of landscape -- Archaism -- Landscape as a private code -- Decorative art -- Part two. The image as document. Photographs -- Identification of the photographs -- Drawings of architectural details and wall reiefs -- Part three. The principal archaeological sties -- Part four. Appendices. The painters -- Chronology.

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