The Arts of China to A.D. 900 / Edition 1

by William Watson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300082845
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	04/10/2000
Series:	The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

William Watson is emeritus professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the University of London. He was formerly director of The Percival David Foundation, London, and has written a number of other books on Chinese art and architecture.

Editorial Reviews

[This] sumptuous new book [resents a comprehensive account of the arts of China to the end of the Tang dynasty…a richly illustrated and thoughtful history.
New Asia Review

Candace Lewis