William Watson Books

This handsome book is the first in a major three-volume series that will survey China's immense wealth of art, architecture, and artefacts from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. The Arts...

The Arts of China, 900-1620

By William Watson

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"This book covers the most prolific and broad-ranging period of Chinese art history, from the Song Dynasty with its spectacular landscape paintings to the Ming Dynasty with its lovely pottery.". "...

The Arts of China 900-1620

By William Watson

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The Arts of China After 1620

By William Watson, Chuimei Ho

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Beginning with discussions of pictorial fine art and progressing to decorative arts that include carving, architecture, sculpture, ceramics, jade, glasswares and textiles, the authors demonstrate t...

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