Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7119007521
Published on: 1996-01
Hardcover
【Introduction】
Chinese pottery and porcelain, known for lustrous beauty and practical use, are gems in the Chinese cultural treasure-house.
This book traces for the origin and development of Chinese pottery and porcelain; describes the achievements and artistic features of the celebrated kilns of various periods from the making of pottery and porcelain to the shaping, porcelain vessels; and brings the reader up to data on the latest discoveries in China’s ceramic archaeology.
From the 200-some color plates and black-and-white pictures readers can gain a clear picture of the splendor of Chinese ceramic are, whose development forms a part of the cultural history of the Chinese nation.
【Main Contents】
Introduction
Chapter 1 Pottery Comes into People's Lives: Neolithic Pottery
Chapter 2 Pottery from the Shang and Zhou to the Qin and Han Dynasties
Chapter 3 Invention and Refinement of Porcelain
Chapter 4 Ceramics Flourish in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Chapter 5 The Art of Porcelain in the Song and Yuan Dynasties
Chapter 6 Pottery and Porcelain of the Liao and Kin Dynasties
Chapter 7 Ceramic Craftsmanship Excels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Chapter 8 Decline of Chinese Porcelain in the Hundred Years Before Liberation
Chapter 9 Ceramic Art in Contemporary China
Chapter 10 Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in World Culture
