The Beijing Qingming Scroll and Its Significance for the Study of Chinese History
Author: Valerie Hansen
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 68
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China: A History
Author: Harold Miles Tanner
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 2009-03-13
Total Pages: 626
ISBN-13: 0872209156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA deep and rigorous, yet eminently accessible introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this volume develops a number of important themes -- such as the ethnic diversity of the early empires -- that other editions omit entirely or discuss only minimally. Includes a general introduction, chronology, bibliography, illustrations, maps, and an index.
China: A History (Volume 1)
Author: Harold M. Tanner
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 2010-03-15
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 1603845631
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAvailable in one or two volumes, this accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of China provides a balanced and thoughtful account of the development of Chinese civilization from its beginnings to the present day. Each volume includes ample illustrations, a full complement of maps, a chronological table, extensive notes, recommendations for further reading and an index. Volume 1: From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire (10,000 BCE—1799). Volume 2: From the Great Qing Empire through the People's Republic of China (1644—2009).
Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture
Author: Sarah Handler
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-12-22
Total Pages: 727
ISBN-13: 0520353331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChinese classical furniture is esteemed throughout the world for its beauty, functionalism, and influence on contemporary design aesthetics. Sarah Handler's stunningly illustrated volume traces Chinese hardwood furniture from its earliest origins in the Shang dynasty (c. 1500 to c. 1050 B.C.) to the present. She offers a fascinating and poetic view of Chinese furniture as functional sculpture, a fine art alongside the other Chinese arts of calligraphy, architecture, painting, and literature. Handler, a widely respected scholar of Chinese furniture, uses her knowledge of Chinese social, political, and economic history to provide a backdrop for understanding the many nuances of this art form. Drawing on literary and visual evidence from excavated materials, written texts, paintings, prints, and engravings, she discusses how people lived, their notions of hierarchy, and their perceptions of space. Her descriptions of historical developments, such as the shift from mats to chairs, evoke the psychological and sociological ramifications. The invention of a distinctive way to support and contain people and things within the household is one of China's singular contributions, says Handler. With more than three hundred exquisite illustrations, many in color, Handler's comprehensive study reveals "the magical totality of Chinese classical furniture, from its rich surfaces and shrewd proportions down to the austere soul of art that resides in the hardwood interiors." Austere Luminosity recognizes Chinese classical furniture as one of China's premier arts, unique in the furniture traditions of the world.
Middle Imperial China, 900–1350
Author: Linda Walton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-08-03
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1108420680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA highly readable and engaging survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries.
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
Author: Richard M. Barnhart
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 0300094477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a team of eminent international scholars, this book is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some 3000 years.
Painting and Private Life in Eleventh-century China
Author: Robert E. Harrist
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780691016092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the eleventh century, the focus of Chinese painting shifted dramatically. The subject matter of most earlier works of art was drawn from a broadly shared heritage of political, religious, and literary themes. Late in the century, however, a group of scholar-artists began to make paintings that reflected the private experiences of their own lives. Robert Harrist argues here that no work illuminates this development more vividly than Mountain Villa, a handscroll by the renowned artist Li Gonglin (ca. 1041-1106). Through a detailed reading of the painting and an analysis of its place in the visual culture of Li's time, the author offers a new explanation for the emergence of autobiographic content in Chinese art. Harrist proposes that the subject of Li's painting--his garden in the Longmian Mountains--was itself a form of self-representation, since a garden was then considered a reflection of its owner's character and values. He demonstrates also that Li's turn toward the imagery of private life was inspired by the conventions of Chinese lyric poetry, in which poets recorded and responded to the experiences of their lives. The book draws the reader into the artistic, scholarly, and political world of Li Gonglin and shows the profound influence of Buddhism on Chinese painting and poetry. It offers important insights not just into Chinese art, but also into Chinese literature and intellectual history.
The Age of Confucian Rule
Author: Dieter Kuhn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-10-15
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 0674244346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJust over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly half of all humankind. In this concise history, we learn why the inventiveness of this era has been favorably compared with the European Renaissance, which in many ways the Song transformation surpassed. With the chaotic dissolution of the Tang dynasty, the old aristocratic families vanished. A new class of scholar-officials—products of a meritocratic examination system—took up the task of reshaping Chinese tradition by adapting the precepts of Confucianism to a rapidly changing world. Through fiscal reforms, these elites liberalized the economy, eased the tax burden, and put paper money into circulation. Their redesigned capitals buzzed with traders, while the education system offered advancement to talented men of modest means. Their rationalist approach led to inventions in printing, shipbuilding, weaving, ceramics manufacture, mining, and agriculture. With a realist’s eye, they studied the natural world and applied their observations in art and science. And with the souls of diplomats, they chose peace over war with the aggressors on their borders. Yet persistent military threats from these nomadic tribes—which the Chinese scorned as their cultural inferiors—redefined China’s understanding of its place in the world and solidified a sense of what it meant to be Chinese. The Age of Confucian Rule is an essential introduction to this transformative era. “A scholar should congratulate himself that he has been born in such a time” (Zhao Ruyu, 1194).
China's High-tech Companies: Case Studies Of China And Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Sar)
Author: Tai Wei Lim
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2023-10-12
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9811280991
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The Year 1000
Author: Valerie Hansen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-04-20
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1501194119
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