Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Art in the Tomb
2: Art at Court
3: Art in the Temple
4: Art in the Life of the Elite
5: Art in the Market-Place
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Timeline
List of Museums and Galleries
Index

About the Author

Craig Clunas has worked as a curator of Chinese art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and taught at Sussex University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. He was appointed Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford in 2007, where he is the first holder of the chair to specialise in art from Asia.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition A completely fresh account of Chinese artEL lively and highly accessible.
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Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, Merton College, Oxford
`Always lucid and sometimes provocativeEL incorporates not only the most recent archaeological discoveries, but also the insights of a prodigious amount of recent scholarshipEL invaluable.
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Professor Julia K. Murray, University of Wisconsin
`A serious challenge to the conventional practice of art historyEL written with lucidity, grace, and wit.
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Professor Cao Yiqiang, The National Academy of Art, China

`Review from previous edition A completely fresh account of Chinese artEL lively and highly accessible. ' Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, Merton College, Oxford `Always lucid and sometimes provocativeEL incorporates not only the most recent archaeological discoveries, but also the insights of a prodigious amount of recent scholarshipEL invaluable. ' Professor Julia K. Murray, University of Wisconsin `A serious challenge to the conventional practice of art historyEL written with lucidity, grace, and wit. ' Professor Cao Yiqiang, The National Academy of Art, China