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Shanghai bo wu guan |
Very interesting read on a very interesting city. |
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The Luminous landscape
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Lewis, Richard |
A collection of Chinese art and poetry from various periods chosen to reflect, as a common theme, an appreciation for the Chinese landscape. |
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Experimental Beijing
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Sasha Su-Ling Welland |
During the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the censorious attitude that characterized China's post-1989 official response to contemporary art gave way to a new market-driven, culture industry v… |
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Vital - International Live Artists of Chinese Decent
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Sarah Champion |
Book published to accompany the Vital live art festivals organised by the Chinese Arts Centre in 2006 and 2006. Vital was an international festival of Live Art that aims to raise awareness of the div… |
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The glory of the Silk Road
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Valerie Hansen |
251 pages : 31 cm |
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Zhongguo mei shu shi
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Rongchun Ruan |
Ben shu an shi dai shun xu jie shao le zhong guo mei shu shi, cong yuan shi mei shu dao xian qin, qin han, wei jin nan bei chao, sui tang wu dai, song yuan, ming qing zhi jin xian dai de mei shu. |
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The Mongol century
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Shane McCausland |
Contains primary source material.
The Mongol Century explores the visual world of China's Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), the spectacular but short-lived regime founded by Khubilai Khan, regarded as the p… |
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Art and China after 1989
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Philip Tinari,Alexandra Munroe,Hanru Hou |
Published on the occasion of the largest exhibition of contemporary art from China ever mounted in North America, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 'Art and China after 1989: Theater of … |
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Short cuts
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Thomas Fuesser |
The first intimate visual documentation of artists who have influenced and transformed the Chinese art scene over the last two decades. Since 1993, photographer Thomas Fuesser has developed close and… |
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Qing encounters
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Petra ten-Doesschate Chu,Ning Ding |
"Qing Encounters: Artistic Exchanges between China and the West examines how the encounters between China and Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries transformed the arts on both side… |
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Art and architecture of China
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Sheila Hollihan-Elliot,Sheila Hollihan Elliot |
Discusses the art treasures from ancient and imperial China to today's People's Republic and how each art form and architectural detail has impacted Chinese society and the world. |
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The art of He Qi
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He, Qi Dr |
115 pages : 28 cm |
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Collectors, collections & collecting the arts of China
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Jason Steuber,Guolong Lai |
This is a scholarly volume that provides a systematic overview of major histories of fine collections of Chinese art in the UK, US, and Canada, including collections built in the 18th through the 21s… |
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Ancient Chinese art
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Jane Shuter |
Introduces and explains the history of ancient Chinese art. This title links a range of art, including painting, crafts and sculpture to the historical and cultural contexts of the ancient Chinese an… |
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Treasures of China
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John D. Chinnery |
For centuries China has intrigued and entranced Westerners. From Marco Polo's travels onwards, China's heritage of thousands of years of continuous civilisation has long inspired awestruck respect in… |
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Nine lives
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Smith, Karen (Art historian) |
"The author, British art historian Karen Smith, paints a series of vivid portraits of the lives and careers of nine artists who have come to embody the avant-garde in Chinese art: nine individuals bo… |
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Empire of Emptiness
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Patricia Ann Berger |
"Imperial Manchu support and patronage of Buddhism, particulary in Mongolia and Tibet, has often been dismissed as cynical political manipulation. Empire of Emptiness questions this generalization by… |
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The treasures of imperial Beijing
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Mario Sabattini,Nicoletta Celli |
Beijing is a repository of historical relics, its art and architecture providing visitors with a glimpse into it's grand and glorious past. This opulent volume takes readers on a memorable journey th… |
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Ordinary Images
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Stanley K. Abe |
"In this illustrated book Stanley Abe explores the large body of sculpture, ceramics, and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries C.E. Create… |
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Taoism and the Arts of China
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Stephen Little |
"Taoism and the Arts of China brings together a collection of art from one of China's most ancient and influential traditions. Produced to accompany the first major exhibition ever organized on the T… |
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