History of Far Eastern Art, A (Trade Version)

by Lee, Sherman E.

• ISBN13: 9780810934146
• ISBN10: 0810934140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This new edition of A History of Far Eastern Art takes full account of the astonishing recent archaeological discoveries, as these have confirmed, modified, or overturned previous interpretations. Many of these new finds are included among the hundreds of reproductions.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
Preface to the Fifth Edition	p. 9
Comparative Time Chart	p. 10
Chronological Tables	p. 12
Map of Asia East of the Indus River	p. 14
Guide to Pronunciation	p. 16
Early Culture and Art: The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Early Iron Age
Urban Civilization and the Indus Valley; Neolithic and Pre-Shang China; Ban Chieng Culture	p. 18
Chinese Art from the Shang through the Middle Zhou Period	p. 29
Map of China and Korea	p. 31
The Late Zhou Period	p. 45
The Growth and Expansion of Early Chinese Culture through the Han Dynasty; Korea and Japan	p. 57
The International Influence of Buddhist Art
Early Art in India	p. 80
Map of India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka	p. 93
The International Gupta Style	p. 110
The Expansion of Buddhist Art to East Asia	p. 151
The Rise of National Indian and Indonesian Styles
Early Hindu Art in India	p. 190
Early Medieval Hindu Art in South and Central India	p. 217
Later Medieval Hindu Art	p. 238
The Medieval Art of Southeast Asia and Indonesia	p. 263
Chinese, Korean, and Japanese National Styles and Their Interplay
The Rise of the Arts of Painting and Ceramics in China	p. 286
The Beginnings of Developed Japanese Art Styles	p. 314
Chinese Art of the Song Dynasty and Korean Ceramics of Koryo	p. 358
Japanese Art of the Kamakura Period	p. 397
Japanese Art of the Muromachi Period	p. 417
Later Chinese Art: The Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties	p. 450
Later Japanese Art: The Momoyama and Edo Periods	p. 510
Notes	p. 557
Bibliography	p. 557
Index	p. 564
Credits	p. 576
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