An illustrated brief history of Chinese porcelain : history - culture - aesthetics /
"One of the treasures of Chinese civilization, porcelain was first fashioned in the five great kiln-sites of the Song dynasty (1960-1279) around AD1000, although it's origins lie as far back as the early ceramics of the second millennium BC. Porcelain evolved to form the splendid blue-and-...
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Better Link Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | [2021] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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"One of the treasures of Chinese civilization, porcelain was first fashioned in the five great kiln-sites of the Song dynasty (1960-1279) around AD1000, although it's origins lie as far back as the early ceramics of the second millennium BC. Porcelain evolved to form the splendid blue-and-white of the Yuan (1279-1368), before reaching its aesthetic and technical apogee in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). This book explains the development of porcelain from early times and the most notable characteristics of porcelain in different periods; it outlines the rise and fall of the great production centers, and describes the influence of social and economic development, political change, and non-Chinese cultures on the features and uses of porcelain. It brings out the cultural implications and the aesthetic and philosophical concepts which underlie the porcelain we know today"--Book flap |
Carrier Form: | 128 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index (pages 127-128). |
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9781602201736 1602201730 |
Index Number: | NK4565 |
CLC: | K876.34 |
Call Number: | K876.34/Y223 |
Contents: | From earthenware to porcelain -- The age of celadon and white-ware -- Song porcelain: expression through form and glaze color -- Yuan porcelain: appreciation of blue and white -- Official versus unofficial: porcelain of the Ming Dynasty -- Qing porcelain: the ultimate in skill -- Flowers of a foreign land: export porcelain of the Ming and Qing -- Appendices. |