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arts of china to ad 900
[Paperback - 1995]
william watson
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Publisher: Yale University Press | ISBN: 9780300082845 | Pages: 277
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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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Professor William Watson CBE (December 9, 1917(1917-12-09) - March 15, 2007) was professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the University of London. He was a leading member of the teams that organised the Genius of China exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1973 and the Great Japan Exhibition, held in 1981-82. He made a major contribution to Japanese art studies in the UK.Selected bibliography* Watson W. (1959), Sculpture of Japan from the fifth to the fifteenth century. London: The Studio* Watson W. (1966), Early Civilization in China (Library of Early Civilizations), Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0-5002-9005-9* Watson W. & Sieveking, G. de G. (3rd ed 1968), Flint Implements: an account of Stone Age techniques and cultures, London: British Museum, ISBN 0-7141-1306-9* Watson W. (ed.) (1981), The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period, 1600-1868 (Exhibition Catalogue). London: Royal Academy of Arts.* Watson W. (1995), The Arts of China to A. D. 900. Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Vol 1 (of 3). New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-08284-3, 2000.* Watson W. (2000), The Arts of China 900–1620 Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Vol 2 (of 3) ISBN 0-300-07393-3, 2003* Watson W. & Chuimei Ho (2007), The Arts of China, 1600-1900 Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Vol 3 (of 3), ISBN 0-300-10735-8, 2007(source: wikipedia)

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