{"product_id":"9780907132219","title":"Studies in Chinese and Islamic Art, Volume I: Chinese Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eBasil Gray's publications on Chinese and Islamic art have done much to introduce these subjects to a European public. This first volume deals with Chinese painting and luxury art. An introductory section on Chinese art attempts to chart the aesthetic and philosophical ideas that lie at the roots of Chinese culture, and which have succeeded in dictating the development of this highly individual civilization. A second section, on Chinese painting, examines the early development of Chinese scroll painting and its subsequent influence on Japanese and European artists. The influence of Chinese painting on the earliest Western visitors to the court at Peking and on subsequent European collectors is of particular interest. The third section deals with lacquer and metalwork, and includes a number of studies which attempt to answer problems of attribution and influence. The volume concludes with two reports on the museums of modern China and Japan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contents: Preface \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Art \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Art as an Expression of Chinese Ideals of Life \u003cbr\u003e The Development of Taste in Chinese Art in the West \u003cbr\u003e Treasures of Chinese Art: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the People's Republic of China \u003cbr\u003e Sloane and the Kaempfer Collection \u003cbr\u003e Lord Burlington and Father Ripa's Engravings \u003cbr\u003e The Arts of the Ming Dynasty: Painting, Calligraphy and Printing \u003cbr\u003e A Great Taoist Painting \u003cbr\u003e A Medieval Japanese Painting of the Twelfth Century \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Colour Prints from the Ten Bamboo Studio (review) \u003cbr\u003e Castiglione, a Jesuit Priest at the Court of the Chinese Emperors (review) \u003cbr\u003e The British Museum 'Admonitions Scroll' Attributed to Ku K'ai-chih \u003cbr\u003e Admonitions of the Instructress of the Ladies in the Palace: a Painting attributed to Ku K'ai-chih \u003cbr\u003e The Eumorfopoulos Lacquer Toilet-box \u003cbr\u003e China or D'ong-son \u003cbr\u003e A Bronze Lien from Shih-chia-shan \u003cbr\u003e The Inlaid Metalwork of Korea \u003cbr\u003e Korean Inlaid Lacquer of the Thirteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e Museums of China \u003cbr\u003e Some New Museums of Japan \u003cbr\u003e Additional Notes \u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pindar Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022809055472,"sku":"9780907132219","price":260.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780907132219_p0.jpg?v=1763859944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780907132219","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}