Chinese Sculpture

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Yale University Press, Jan 1, 2006 - Art - 521 pages

The most up-to-date and detailed exploration of China's magnificent sculptural heritage

Sculpture is becoming known as one of China's great arts. Neolithic figurines, rows upon rows of underground terra-cotta statues, exquisite bronzes, Buddhas carved in cave walls--all these are part of a vast sculptural heritage. This gorgeous book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to offer a comprehensive history of Chinese sculpture. Spanning some seven thousand years, Chinese Sculpture explores a beautiful and diverse world of objects, many of which have come to light in recent decades.

The authors analyze and present, mostly in color, more than five hundred examples of Chinese sculpture, dividing China's rich and complex sculptural legacy into two parts--secular (tomb and mortuary art) and religious (Buddhist, Confucianist, and Daoist art). Throughout, the authors highlight the inventiveness, purposes, and brilliant execution of Chinese sculpture and comment on how the country's culture nurtured the practical and intellectual choices that shaped its sculptural traditions over the millennia.

 

Selected pages

Contents

From the Neolithic to the Han
17
B C E 220 C E HAN DYNASTY
84
From the Han to the Qing
105
From the Han to the Southern Song
201
From the Northern Song to the Qing
357
1949 PEOPLES REPUBLIC nomadic tribes in what is called the Sixteen Kingdoms period
359
Map of Chinese Sculpture Sites 464
363
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Amitabha animals arhats armor artistic Binyang bodhisattvas Buddha Buddhist art burial capital carved Cave centimeters high central century B.C.E. Chang'an Chengdu China Chinese clay figurines County culture Daoist decorated deities Dunhuang Eastern Emperor Empress Esoteric example excavated figurines front funerary figurines Gansu gate gilt bronze grottoes Guanyin Hall head Hebei Henan Province horses human iconography images incised inscription jade King Laozi Liang lotus Luoyang Maitreya mausoleum meters high Ming models monks Museum Nanjing Nanzhao niche Northern Liang Northern Song Northern Wei dynasty Northern Zhou painted pair palace pillar pottery Pure Land Qing relief ritual robe sandstone sarcophagus sculpted Shaanxi Shaanxi Province Shakyamuni Shandong Sichuan Province side soleum Southern Dynasties Spirit Path standing statues stele stone figures stone sculptures stupa style Sutra Tang dynasty Temple Tibetan tomb guardian tradition Tuoba ture unearthed wall warriors Western Jin Xi'an Xianbei Yuan Yungang Zhao

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About the author (2006)

Angela Falco Howard is professor of Asian art at Rutgers University and former special consultant in Chinese Buddhist art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Li Song is the former editor of Fine Art Studies (Beijing) and was editor in chief of the volume on sculpture in the Encyclopedia of China. Wu Hung is Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor in Chinese Art History and director of the Center for the Art of Asia at the University of Chicago. Yang Hong is professor and research fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and senior editor of Cultural Relics.

Bibliographic information

TitleChinese Sculpture
The Culture & Civilization of China
AuthorsAngela Falco Howard, Wu Hung, Li Song, Yang Hong
EditorsAngela Falco Howard, Li Song
ContributorLi (Song.)
Editionunabridged
PublisherYale University Press, 2006
ISBN0300100655, 9780300100655
Length521 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / Asian / General
Art / Sculpture & Installation
  
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