Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery

An essential reference for collectors, museumgoers, guides, students, and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China, this book includes detailed commentary and historical background on the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China. Specific plants and animals, divine beings, mortals, and inanimate objects are thoroughly illuminated throughout this book. Details of the origins, common usages, and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols are explained in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative.

Softcover
288 pp.
8.5 x 11"