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"This book introduces readers to the history of design thinking in pre-modern China. The content is structured according to successive dynasties, covering the seven major periods of the pre-Qin, Qin and Han, Wei and Jin, Sui and Tang, Song and Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Each chapter introduces the most representative individuals of the period and discusses their work and ideas in order to reveal the national and cultural features of the respective periods. A distinctive feature of cultural identity running through the long course of China’s historical development is the argument that actions are determined by ideas: Such a view can be found in long-standing thinking on art, design, and creativity. The book demonstrates that conscious design is the vital link between the ideas that constitute human cultures and the physical objects that make up their resulting material cultures. It is the attribute of design that defines what it is to be human and also produces the physical evidence of the evolution of Chinese civilization. The book reveals the integrated characteristics of Chinese culture and art and shows how both changing and recurring ideologies have influenced Chinese design practice since the ancient Shang and Zhou dynasties and how these forces have shaped the spirit and materiality of Chinese civilization. Design is the cornerstone that has made China one of the major contributors to human civilization throughout the thousands of years of its history. Given its focus, the book largely appeals to two main audiences: an academic readership of students and researchers interested in cultural studies and, a more general one, consisting of those interested in international comparisons and wishing to learn more about Chinese history, society, and culture. In order to appeal to both, the book is written in a clear and accessible language." -- Publisher's description.

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"Chinese Contemporary Art in the Global Auction Market examines the rapid rise of the global market for Chinese Contemporary art across the turn of the millennium. Focusing on key auction events, it traces the systematic and strategic role played by auction houses in promoting the work of 'avant-garde' Chinese artists, transforming them into multi-million-dollar global art superstars. Anita Archer's research into this emerging art market reveals a powerful global network of collectors, curators, dealers and auction house specialists whose understanding of the mechanics of value formation in the global art world consolidated a framework for the promotion of Chinese Contemporary art to a Western audience"--

Art auctions --- Art --- Art, Chinese --- Auction houses --- Marketing.

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The publication of this collection of late Ming colour-printed erotica provides a scarce opportunity to acquire a work that discusses and reproduces nine extremely rare and finely-executed Chinese woodblock-printed volumes (plus one related Japanese work) dating from the early seventeenth century. The collection, once held by the Japanese scholar, Shibui Kiyoshi (1899-1992), was thought to be lost and its reappearance has caused great interest worldwide amongst the scholar and collecting community. Hitherto it has only been known by a few pages illustrated by Robert van Gulik in his works on sexual life in ancient China. The works are important in a number of areas including: Chinese social and sexual culture, the development of printing in China, and the design of Ming furniture, gardens and architecture. They are also testimony to the early evolution of colour printing in China and the subsequent nascence of, and their influence on, Japanese colour printing and the Ukiyo-e School of artists. It is undoubtedly the case that this work will be required by libraries and institutions worldwide. Similar interest is expected from scholars, collectors and bibliophiles. Its publication will prove of immense value for research purposes and the connoisseurship of a body of material that has never previously been presented in full. Published in a three-volume limited edition of 500 copies and produced to the highest standards. Volume One contains ten scholarly and erudite essays which give background, context and insights into these important editions. The erotic works are then illustrated in their entirety and original size in high-quality colour plates that allow full appreciation and study.

Erotic art --- Art, Chinese --- Von der Burg, Christer --- China --- History

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A sweeping look at Chinese art across the millennia that upends traditional perspectives and offers new pathways for art historyThroughout Chinese history, dynastic time—the organization of history through the lens of successive dynasties—has been the dominant mode of narrating the story of Chinese art, even though there has been little examination of this concept in discourse and practice until now. Chinese Art and Dynastic Time uncovers how the development of Chinese art was described in its original cultural, sociopolitical, and artistic contexts, and how these narratives were interwoven with contemporaneous artistic creation. In doing so, leading art historian Wu Hung opens up new pathways for the consideration of not only Chinese art, but also the whole of art history.Wu Hung brings together ten case studies, ranging from the third millennium BCE to the early twentieth century CE, and spanning ritual and religious art, painting, sculpture, the built environment, and popular art in order to examine the deep-rooted patterns in the historical conceptualization of Chinese art. Elucidating the changing notions of dynastic time in various contexts, he also challenges the preoccupation with this concept as the default mode in art historical writing. This critical investigation of dynastic time thus constitutes an essential foundation to pursue new narrative and interpretative frameworks in thinking about art history.Remarkable for the sweep and scope of its arguments and lucid style, Chinese Art and Dynastic Time probes the roots of the collective imagination in Chinese art and frees us from long-held perspectives on how this art should be understood.Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Art and society --- Time and art --- Time perception --- Art, Chinese --- History. --- Historiography. --- Chinese art, dynasties, dynastic time, art practices, historical discourse on art, historiography of Chinese art, comparative art. --- chinese history, archaeology, art history, asian studies, tang dynasty, Eastern Zhou, Han Dynasty, ritual artifacts, Ming dynasty, 1644, China, artisitc contexts.