China: A History in Objects - Couverture rigide

Harrison-Hall, Jessica

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500519706 ISBN 13 : 9780500519707

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

China, 9780500519707

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jessica Harrison-Hall is Head of the China Section, Curator of the Sir Percival David Collections, and Chinese Decorative Arts at the British Museum.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This illustrated introduction to the history of China offers a fresh understanding of China’s progress from the Neolithic age to the present. Told in six chapters arranged chronologically, through art, artefacts, people and places, and richly illustrated with expertly selected objects and artworks, it firmly connects today’s China with its internationally engaged past.

From the earliest archaeological relics and rituals, through the development of writing and state, to the advent of empire, the author charts China’s transformation from ancient civilization into the world’s most populous nation and influential economy, offering the reader a myriad historical insights and cultural treasures along the way. This accessible book presents an eclectic mix of materials including Chinese theatre, the decorative arts, costume, jewelry and furniture-making, running through to the most recent diffusion of Chinese culture.

Published to coincide with the reopening of the British Museum’s Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia, this book will stimulate, fascinate and inform anyone interested in one of the greatest and most influential nations of the modern world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0500519706
• ISBN 13: 9780500519707
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas