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Chinese art and culture

Author: Robert L Thorp; Richard Ellis Vinograd
Publisher: New York : Abrams, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert L Thorp; Richard Ellis Vinograd
ISBN: 0810941457 9780810941458
OCLC Number: 46934544
Description: 440 p. : ill., maps, ports., plans ; 29 cm.
Contents: Map: China --
Introducting Chinese Art and Culture --
Map: Macroregions of China --
Time Chart --
Prehistoric Roots: Late Neolithic Cultures --
Village Societies --
Village Life --
Death and Burial --
Material Culture: Making Things --
Hardstones of the Hongshan and Liangzhu Cultures --
Pottery --
Yangshao Cultures --
East Coast Cultures --
The Shandong Longshan Culture --
Mind in Matter --
Images of Animals and Humans --
Boxes --
Working Hardstones and Jade --
Working with Clay --
Precursors to Writing? --
The Early Bronze Age: Shang and Western Zhou --
The Early State and Society --
Settlements --
The Shang Royal Cult --
The King and the Political Order --
Warfare --
Craft Production for the Elite --
Bronze Ritual Vessels --
Terms of Analysis --
Function --
Typology and Decoration --
Motifs and Meanings --
Beyond Shang and Zhou --
Building with Pounded Earth --
Divination: Communicating with the Ancestors --
Piece-mold Bronze Casting --
Map: Shang and Zhou Sites in Henan and Shaanxi --
The Late Bronze Age: Eastern Zhou --
State and Society --
Zhou Urbanism --
Warfare: "The Great Affair of State" --
Craft Production for the Elite --
Luxury Life-styles --
Personal Attire --
Lacquer --
Jades --
The Bronze Industry --
The Spring and Autumn Period --
The Warring States Period --
Ritual and Representation --
Funerary Ritual --
Representational Art --
A Wider View: Peoples of the North and Southwest --
Writing Tools and Scripts --
The "Royal City" Plan --
Making Lacquer Wares --
Map: States of the Warring States Period.
Responsibility: Robert L. Thorp and Richard Ellis Vinograd.

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