THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA (Pelican History of Art Series, PZ10)

Sickman, Laurence C. S.; Soper, Alexander Coburn

ISBN 10: 0140561102 / ISBN 13: 9780140561104

Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, UK, 1978

About this Item

Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear w/price strike-out to upper back. PO name on fEP; all three leading text edges stamped/marked denoting ownership. Number 20 in the Pelican History of Art Series. First published 1956. This First Integrated Edition is based on the 3rd Hardback Edition on 1971. 4000-year span of art history covered in two parts. Part II, Painting and Sculpture is authored by Laurence Sickman. Part II, Architecture is penned by Alexander Soper. Confucian restraint and Taoist escapism are continuous and dynamic threads threads. Fine copy despite disfigurement to text edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA (Pelican History of Art Series, PZ10)
• Publisher: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, UK
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140561102
• ISBN 13: 9780140561104
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Integrated Edition, Reprint
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • History

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Synopsis

With almost 4000 years of artistic evolution - from the Shang Dynasty to the end of the Ch'ing in this century - the Chinese boast a longer span of cultural history than any other race. The abiding influence of tradition is stressed by both authors. Confucian restraint and Taoist escapism, among other religious and philosophical ideals, are constantly re-appearing and the importance of Buddhism in Chinese architecture is evidenced in the text and illustrations. But side by side with the world of the mind, conditions of material prosperity are also revealed as potent forces in art.