Author: Xifan LiThis volume explores the prehistoric beginnings of Chinese art and its development during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties. It analyses the conditions of the emergence of Chinese art and its transformation of form, content and function throughout the Three Dynasties, a historical period marked by important changes in the social and cultural Chinese landscape. This volume explores the emergence of art forms such as music, dance, acrobatics, singing and painting.A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3rd year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art throughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties.Unlike previous reference books, 'A General History of Chinese Art' offers a broader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more diverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the case in Western scholarship. ISBN 9783110789263. De Gruyter. pb. 418 pages. 51 b/w, 100 colour ills. 26.5 x 21 cm.available
