{"product_id":"a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789287","title":"A General History of Chinese Art: From the Qin Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume studies the evolution of \u003cbr\u003eChinese art during the Qin and Han Dynasties, The Three Kingdoms, \u003cbr\u003eEastern and Western Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It \u003cbr\u003etraces the initial artistic vocabularies of Chinese calligraphy as well \u003cbr\u003eas the rapid development of the performing and the decorative arts. \u003cbr\u003eA \u003cbr\u003eGeneral History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of \u003cbr\u003enine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003cbr\u003eyear of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a \u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art \u003cbr\u003ethroughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties and explores the \u003cbr\u003eemergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited\u003cbr\u003e to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting, \u003cbr\u003ecalligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Unlike previous \u003cbr\u003ereference books, \u003cem\u003eA General History of Chinese Art\u003c\/em\u003e offers a \u003cbr\u003ebroader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more \u003cbr\u003ediverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the \u003cbr\u003ecase in Western scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroad overall view, translated from Chinese \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xifan Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110789280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110789287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 8.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Xifan Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078802338047,"sku":"9783110789287","price":171.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2cb901b-4175-4eb3-9286-cb5ed7ac65e9.jpg?v=1685477606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789287","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}