Art in a time of chaos : masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd-6th centuries = Luanshi juexiang : Liuchao yishu, san zhi liu shiji  亂世絕響 : 六朝藝術, 三至六世紀 /  Willow Weilan Hai [and four others] ; with contributions by Susan L. Beningson [and six others] ; edited by Willow Weilan Hai, with the assistance of J. May Lee Barrett.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Honolulu Museum of Art, April 28-August 21, 2016; and China Institute Gallery, New York, September 30, 2016-March 19, 2017.

"Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd-6th Centuries" : April 28-August 21, 2016, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States.

"Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd-6th Centuries" : September 30, 2016-March 19, 2017, China Institute Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

Text in English and Chinese.

English-language contents:  Forword /  Gong Liang --  Preface /  Willow Weilan Hai --  Chronological Table of the Six Dynasties --  Maps --  Six Dynasties: Seeking the Origin of Chinese Art /  Willow Weilan Hai --  Important Archaeological Findings of the Six Dynasties (in the South) /  Gong Liang --  Jiankang : The Southern Capital and Metropolitan Life /  Bai Ning --  The Northern Dynasties and Major Archaeological Discoveries /  Shi Jinming --  Celadon and Customs of the Six Dynasties /  Willow Weilan Hai --  Buddhist Sculpture: Innovation, Invention and Imagination /  Annette L. Juliano --  Negotiating the Afterlife in the Tombs of the Northern and Southern Dynasties /  Susan L. Beningson --  Calligraphy of the Six Dynasties /  Xue Longchun --  An Overview of Seals from the Wei-Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties /  Zhou Xiaolu and Zhu Bang --  The Admonition of the Instructress to the Court Ladies and the Six Dynasties /  Clarissa von Spee --  After the "Five Barbarians Brought Disorder to China" : Painting in north China in the Sixth Century /  David Ake Sensabaugh --  Key events in the history of art in the Six Dynasties period /  Li Xiujian --  Catalogue /  Staff of the Nanjing Museum, Shanxi Museum, and the Nanjing Municipal Museum.  Appendices.  Table of Six Dynasties artists by period /  Li Xiujian --  Popular Six Dynasties literary subjects in art through the ages /  Willow Weilan Hai and Shawn Eichman --  Selected reference paintings /  Willow Weilan Hai.