A General History of Chinese Art: Ming Dynasty

This volume analyses the history of
Chinese art during the time of the Ming Dynasty during which the various
traditions of painting academies were developed further leading to new
painting styles and schools. The volume also highlights the developments
in music, crafts, porcelain, and architecture. 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