chinese art

An exhibition from the People's Republic of China.

Contains essays that discuss works by the twenty-two artists featured in the "Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century" exhibition of avant-garde Chinese art at the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art in Chicago, and includes photographs of selected works.

Traces the history of Chinese painting and sculpture, and describes important movements and themes.

Chronicles the history of the cultural revolution that took place in China during the 1960s and 1970s, examining the innovation and creativity displayed in the films, operas, literature, art, and architecture from the decade.

A color-illustrated overview of ancient Chinese art that describes materials, religious influences, painting, bronzes, terra-cotta, pottery, relief carving, lacquer and jade, calligraphy, temples, and buildings. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Examines Chinese art and architecture that extends over thousands of years including calligraphy and painting, crafts and folk art, poetry, ceramics, and porcelain, and more.

Chronicles the history of the Silk Road of Eurasia while showcasing relics from Chinese museum collections, originally gleaned from archaeological sites in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

An illustrated study of Chinese visual art, covering a period that ranges from the Neolithic age to the 1990s, and examining the social and material circumstances in which objects of art were created and used.

An illustrated introduction to the sculpture, painting, and architecture of China and Japan.