Author: Willetts, William Y., b. 1918

Foundations of Chinese art : from neolithic pottery to modern architecture
Date1967
Publish_locationTaibei Shi 台北市
PublisherXinyue shudian 新月書店
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfSilver Room
Call NumberN7340.W475 1967
Description456 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 28 cm.
NoteFoundations of Chinese art : from neolithic pottery to modern architecture : 322 illustrations in colour and black and white, 91 maps and line drawings / William Willetts.
Reprint of the 1965 New York: McGraw-Hill edition.
A revision and abridgment of the author's Chinese art, published in 1958.
This edition contains only black and white illustrations.
U.S. edition at Gleeson Library.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-441) and index.

China: geography and early man -- Jade: the Neolithic period -- Bronze: Shang and Chou dynasties -- Lacquer and silk: Han dynasty -- Sculpture: six dynasties and early T'ang -- Pottery: the T'ang and five dynasties -- Painting and calligraphy: Sung and Yüan dynasties -- Architecture: Han to Ming and Ch'ing dynasties -- Postscript: architecture in modern China.

SubjectArt, Chinese--History Art--China--History