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This book is the first in a major three-volume series that will
survey China's immense wealth of art, architecture, and artifacts
from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. The Arts of China
to A.D. 900 investigates the beginnings of the traditions on which
much of the art rests, moving from Neolithic and Bronze Age China
to the era of the Tang Dynasty around A.D. 900. William Watson
discusses in lively detail a wide range of art forms and
techniques: porcelain and pottery, lacquer, religious and secular
painting and sculpture, mural painting, monumental sculpture and
architecture. He explains the materials and techniques of bronze
casting, jade carving, pottery manufacture, and other arts, and he
describes the most important sites, the artifacts that were
produced at each one, and the historical interactions between
different areas. He discusses the iconography, the technique and
the function of every art form. Written by one of the most
distinguished scholars in the field of Chinese art and archaeology,
this lavishly illustrated book will be a valuable resource for both
experts and beginners in the field.
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