{"product_id":"a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789324","title":"A General History of Chinese Art: Qing Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume investigates the artistic \u003cbr\u003edevelopment during the Qing Dynasty, the last of imperial Chinese \u003cbr\u003edynasties, and shows the importance of opera and playwriting during this\u003cbr\u003e time period. Further analysis is dedicated to the development of scroll\u003cbr\u003e painting and the revival of calligraphy and seal carving. \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 3110789329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110789324\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 3.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 8.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Xifan Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078802469119,"sku":"9783110789324","price":171.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21886068-b570-4806-8993-99daf86d4cc0.jpg?v=1685477607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-general-history-of-chinese-xifan-li-9783110789324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}