Author: Xifan LiThis volume studies the evolution of Chinese art during the Qin and Han Dynasties, The Three Kingdoms, Eastern and Western Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It traces the initial artistic vocabularies of Chinese calligraphy as well as the rapid development of the performing and the decorative arts. This volume offers a broad overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more diverse and less material understanding of arts.'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 and explores the emergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. UISBN 9783110789287. De Gruyter. pb. 420 pages. 25 b/w, 102 colour ills. 26.5 x 21 cm.available
