Routledge Revivals: Chinese Art (1935)

Informationen zum Autor Leigh Ashton Zusammenfassung First published in 1935! this book was intended to provide westerners with a more definite and comprehensive understanding of Chinese Art and its achievements. Newly available opportunities to study authentic examples! such as the Royal Academy exhibition that provided the impetus for this volume! allowed for greater opportunities to conduct in-depth examination than had previously been possible. Following an introduction giving an overview of Chinese art and its history in the west! six chapters cover painting and calligraphy! sculpture and lacquer! 'the potter's art'! bronzes and cloisonné enamel! jades! and textiles - supplemented by a chronology of Chinese epochs! a selected bibliography and 25 images. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Laurence Binyon Chronology Bibliography Painting and Calligraphy by Laurence Binyon Sculpture and Lacquer by Leigh Ashton The Potter's Art by R.L. Hobson Bronzes and Cloisonné Enamel by A.J. Koop Jades by Una Pope-Hennessy Textiles by Leigh Ashton

Product details

• Assisted by: Ashton Leigh (Editor), Leigh Ashton (Editor)
• Authors: Leigh Ashton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 12.08.2016
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts
• EAN: 9781138239494
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23949-4
• Pages: 111
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: China, Media Studies, ART / Techniques / Calligraphy, Asia, ART / Ceramics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / History / General, ART / Asian / General, ART / Techniques / Painting, ART / Techniques / Sculpting, sculpture, East Asian Aesthetics, History of Art, Painting & paintings, East Asia, Far East, Asian History, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Oriental art, Paintings and painting, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, Calligraphy and hand-lettering, Ceramic analysis, comparative study Chinese visual culture, textile symbolism China, lacquerware studies, ink painting techniques, jade artefacts research