Автор: Bamber Gascoigne
Название: The Dynasties and Treasures of China
Издательство: Viking Press
Год: 1973
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 262
Язык: English
Размер: 30.2 MB

Chinese art has enjoyed great fame in the Western world for centuries, and what little most people know of the country's history has been connected with an interest in the treasures produced during the great periods of cultural activity. Han, T'ang, Sung, Ming—the names of the great dynasties are familiar, but few educated laymen could place in their specific social or cultural contexts a T'ang horse or a Ming vase.