chinese art

A medium-by-medium critical survey of contemporary Chinese art, looking at painting, sculpture and installation, performance, photography, and video, and including reproductions of selected works.

Uses art and artifacts to examine the world of ancient China from its political and religious structure to its cultural characteristics.

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.