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An Elegant Life of Chinese Literati - From the Chinese Classic, 'Treatise on Superfluous Things', Finding Harmony and Joy in Everyday Objects by Wen Zhenheng; Chen Zhi; Tony Blishen (Translator); Craig Clunas (Foreword by)
Category: Home and Garden
The Elegant Life of the Chinese Literati is the first complete translation of a classic 17th century Chinese guide to the ordinary objects of everyday life--from trees and birds to windows and tea. Similar to Feng Shui, the principles laid out in this book describe how to find harmony among these ordina ...Show more
CHINESE PAINTING & ITS AUDIENCES by CLUNAS CRAIG
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Ser.
A history of the reception of Chinese painting from the sixteenth century to the present What is Chinese painting? When did it begin? And what are the different associations of this term in China and the West? In Chinese Painting and Its Audiences, which is based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine ...Show more
Ming: 50 Years That Changed China by Craig Clunas
Category: History
Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), people are aware of the fragility of its porcelain, its rarity and value. But porcelain is just one part of the story of one of ...Show more
Ming: 50 Years That Changed China by Craig Clunas
Category: Art and Design
Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), people are aware of the fragility of its porcelain, its rarity and value. But porcelain is just one part of the story of one of ...Show more
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