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• Title:The arts of China after 1620 / William Watson and Chuimei Ho.
  
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• Author/Creator:Watson, William, 1917-2007.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ho, Chuimei.
  
• Published/Created:New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2007.
  

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  • Call Number: NX583.A1 W374 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: NX583.A1 W374 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Arts, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912--History.
  
• Description:274 p. : ill. (some col.), map, col. ports. ; 30 cm.
  
• Series:Yale University Press Pelican history of art.
  
• Summary:Beginning with discussions of pictorial fine art and progressing to decorative arts that include carving, architecture, sculpture, ceramics, jade, glasswares and textiles, the authors demonstrate that during the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries China was on the verge of becoming a global cultural power. The volume covers the last three hundred years, with a focus on the eighteenth century reigns of Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. -- Dust Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780300107357
  0300107358
  
• Contents:Graphics: a foison of pictures
  Literati inspiration: discipline and free invention
  Carving and sculpture: emblematic images
  Manufactured materials: the quest for colour
  Snuff bottles and glass: from apprenticeship to mastery
  Textiles: the universal craft
  House and garden: shaping the home environment
  Marketing abroad: mutual exoticism.