{"product_id":"a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789300","title":"A General History of Chinese Art: Ming Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume analyses the history of \u003cbr\u003eChinese art during the time of the Ming Dynasty during which the various\u003cbr\u003e traditions of painting academies were developed further leading to new \u003cbr\u003epainting styles and schools. The volume also highlights the developments\u003cbr\u003e in music, crafts, porcelain, and architecture. \u003cem\u003eA General History of Chinese Art\u003c\/em\u003e comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cbr\u003e year 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 3110789302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110789300\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 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.50h x 8.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Xifan Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078802403583,"sku":"9783110789300","price":171.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d97ff1a5-e888-4848-b146-7010838b7946.jpg?v=1685477606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}