{"product_id":"a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789317","title":"A General History of Chinese Art: From the Five Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume examines the progress of Chinese art during \u003cbr\u003ethe time period of the Five Dynasties, Northern and Southern Song, Liao, \u003cbr\u003e Western Xia, Jin Dynasties as well as the Yuan Dynasty. A special focus\u003cbr\u003e lies on the analysis of cultural policies adopted during the reign of \u003cbr\u003ethe respective dynasties and their effects on the development of dance, \u003cbr\u003ecourt music and drama. \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 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroad overall view, translated from Chinese \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xifan Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110789310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110789317\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 822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 8.30w x 1.70d","brand":"Xifan Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078802436351,"sku":"9783110789317","price":171.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_074dc57e-99a7-46ae-80a3-654dead26203.jpg?v=1685477607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}