A General History of Chinese Art. Volume 2, A General History of Chinese Art ; From the Qin Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties

This volume studies the evolution of Chinese art during the Qin and Han Dynasties, The Three Kingdoms, Eastern and Western Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It traces the initial artistic vocabularies of Chinese calligraphy as well as the rapid development of the performing and the decorative arts. A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3^rd^ year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art throughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties and explores the emergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Unlike previous reference books, __A General History of Chinese Art__ offers a broader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more diverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the case in Western scholarship. Broad overall view, translated from Chinese Dieser Band untersucht die Entwicklung der chinesischen Kunst während der Qin- und Han-Dynastien, der Drei Königreiche, des Östlichen und Westlichen Jin sowie der Nördlichen und Südlichen Dynastien. Er zeichnet die Anfänge der chinesischen Kalligraphie sowie die rasante Entwicklung der darstellenden und dekorativen Künste nach. A General History of Chinese Art umfasst sechs Bände mit insgesamt neun Teilen, die von der prähistorischen Ära bis zum 3. Jahr von Xuantong während der Qing-Dynastie (1911) reichen. Das Werk bietet eine umfassende Zusammenstellung eingehender Studien über die Entwicklung chinesischer Kunst während der Regierungszeiten der jeweiligen Dynastien und untersucht die Entstehung eines breiten Spektrums künstlerischer Kategorien wie Musik, Tanz, Akrobatik, Gesang, Malerei, Kalligrafie, Skulptur, Architektur und Kunsthandwerk. Im Gegensatz zu früheren Referenzwerken bietet A General History of Chinese Art einen breiten Überblick über den Begriff der chinesischen Kunst, indem es von einem vielfältigen und weniger materiellen Verständnis von Kunst ausgeht, wie meist von der westlichen Wissenschaft vertreten This volume studies the evolution of Chinese art during the Qin and Han Dynasties, The Three Kingdoms, Eastern and Western Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It traces the initial artistic vocabularies of Chinese calligraphy as well as the rapid development of the performing and the decorative arts. A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3 rd year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art throughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties and explores the emergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Unlike previous reference books, A General History of Chinese Art offers a broader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more diverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the case in Western scholarship. Broad overall view, translated from Chinese CONTENTS Part One Qin and Han Dynasties Overview Chapter I Music of Qin and Han Dynasties Chapter II Acrobatics and Dance in the Qin and Han Dynasties Chapter III Sculpture and Pictorial Bricks and Stones of the Qin and Han Dynasties Chapter IV Paintings, Calligraphy and Seals of the Qin and Han Dynasties Chapter V Crafts and Architecture of the Qin and Han Dynasties Chapter VI Qin and Han Theories of Art Part Two Three Kingdoms, Eastern and Western Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties Overview Chapter I New Developments in Music Chapter II The Art of Dance Chapter III Scroll Painting and Murals Chapter IV The Emerging Art of Sculpture Chapter V The Maturation of the Art of Calligraphy Chapter VI New Developments in Theories of the Arts These books discuss the development of social, politcal and economic culture, and their influence on traditional arts from ancient times such as music, dance, acrobatics, rap, Chinese opera, drawing, calligraphy, sculpture and structure. They represent the highes standards of the contemporary study of Chinese art, whilst being accessible and practical. It contains more than 3.000 illustrations and over 10.000 references