For more than 1000 years Chinese silks and porcelain have been coveted and sought by peoples around the world. This survey describes the origins of these achievements and sets them in context alongside the other arts of China, including lacquer, cloisonne and glass.

The British Museum Book of Chinese Art

Arts & Photography

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Shelagh Vainker

Shelagh J. Vainker

Anne Farrer

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army

Qingbo Duan

British Museum Press

Beautifully illustrated with an array of Chinese art, this book offers a closer look at the rich variety of styles, decoration, motifs and patterns and the sheer craftsmanship of Chinese culture. The book is arranged thematically and opens by taking a look at the essential nature and meaning of Chinese art. Chapters that follow place the objects and designs into their cultural context. Each of the intriguing and beautiful artworks is then explored further with amazing close-up views, allowing the reader to get even closer than a behind-the-scenes museum or gallery tour. By showing the complete artwork alongside a detail, the authors provide a fresh view of each object which often allows intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The selection of art and details evoke the hand and eye of the most talented Chinese craftsmen past and present. Ideal as a spur to creative inspiration or as souvenir or introduction to a museum visit, this stunning book offers an alternative view of the wide range of Chinese art. The book highlights in close-up and gorgeous colour the most breathtaking aspects of workmanship, materials and design found in stunning ceramics, lacquer, jade, metalwork, brush painting and woodblock printing.

Chinese Art Close-Up /anglais

A selection of 40 classical and contemporary love poems, beautifully illustrated with original brushwork, calligraphy and scenes from rarely exhibited paintings and prints in the collection of the British Museum.

Chinese Love Poetry edited by Jane Portal

Barnes_and_Noble

The First Emperor

High Museum of Art

Exploring North Korean Arts offers the most ambitious appraisal of the arts in North Korea, from fine art, music and literature to aspects of design such as stamp design and book illustration. Thoroughly researched and handsomely designed, this volume opens up a little-known world of creativity, and addresses head-on the politically compromised circumstances of the arts under military rule.

Exploring North Korean Arts

Frank Hoffmann

Keith Howard

Rüdiger Frank

Brian Myers

Koen De Ceuster

Kate Hext

Dafna Zur

James E. Hoare

Verlag für moderne Kunst

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