A Feast of Beauty (Reading China, The History of Art Volume)

Author: Li Xiao, written by Zeng Suojin
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This series of books relies on middle-aged scholars who are strong in academic research, have achieved first-class results in their fields, and are paired with image data experts to vividly and accurately restore the details of art, society, military, and technology in Chinese history in a form of illustrations and text. The academic standards, as well as the richness and freshness of the image materials, are rare in the current popular and high-quality illustrated historical books. The series is divided into four volumes: "Qiankun—Reading China·Social History," "A Feast of Beauty—Reading China·Art History," "Craftsmanship Competition—Reading China·Technology History," and "Drum and Horn Clashes—Reading China·Military History." The lively text paired with exquisite illustrations showcases the five thousand years of civilization history of China. This book focuses on the most representative traditional arts of the Chinese nation—calligraphy, painting, music, dance, and drama—as its main content, showing readers the development line and rules of Chinese national art. The authors gather existing research achievements from ancient times to the present, propose clear analyses and judgments, and present them in a clean and easy-to-understand manner. With a high-density knowledge set, it spreads the traditional art and cultural knowledge of the Chinese nation in a form of illustrations complementing and enriching the text, aiming to enhance the cultural and artistic literacy of the nation.