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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 709.51 EAN: 9780192842077 ISBN: 0192842072 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 08, 1997 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items:
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 Rating: - Art in China (Oxford History of Art Series)Beautifully illustrated, delightful and extremely informative. This book is a marvelous supplement to the typical art history text books. Rating: - Good introduction to the arts of ChinaI like the author's approach to writing an introduction to the arts of China. Instead of trying to touch at least all of the major artists/works from all of the major periods (which in the case of China would mean touching very many things in a very cursory way), the author focuses on the context for which works were produced. Some of them were meant to be "art" from the start, some were not. This offers ample opportunities to examine how some works influenced other later in history. Overall, I think ... Read More Rating: - Currently the best short introduction to art in ChinaWhile not the easiest to read, Clunas's book is currently the best short modest-sized introduction to art in China. The title "Art in China" (not "Chinese Art") is intentional, for Clunas is one of the rare Occidental authors on this subject who transcend the limitations of their background and succeed in communicating some of the subtlety and complexity of the subject, so remote from Western tastes, but no less beautiful and profound. For example, he points out that while Western art has ... Read More Rating: - BRILLIANT!!In researching information regarding Sung Dynasty scrolls and artists, I found this book to be a most generous indeed. The author provides clear, precise information without the clutter of person guesses. He provides a wonderful assortment of pictures and resources. Clear, clean photographs of artifacts providing the reader with primary documentation .This is a MUST for anyone studying the Arts and Artists of early China. Thank you Craig Clunas! Rating:  - challenging bookThis is a challenging work. He realizes 5 standpoints. He writes "What is historically called art in China, by whom and when?". Really, I feel it rather reflect unconscious attitude of 20th century collectors and scholars. Art in the Tomb /Art at Court/Art in the Temple/Art in the life of the Elite /Art in the Market-Place Following recent searching environment of artifacts; lifetime of painters, art-market, patrons, etc., as "Painter's Practice" by J.cahill, ... Read More 
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