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The world of Khubilai Khan : Chinese art in the Yuan Dynasty / James C.Y. Watt

By:

Watt, James C.Y

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art , c2010Description: 342 p. : illus. ; 31 cmISBN:

9781588394033

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

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DDC classification:

REF 709.51 WAT

Contents:

Summary: In 1215, the Mongols made their first major incursion into North China & initiated a period of extraordinary creativity in the arts that was encouraged by the confluence of many cultures & ethnic groups. This is a study of the art & culture produced by the Chinese & by the highly skilled craftsmen from Western & Central Asia.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 709.51 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		045770

Introduction / James C.Y. Watt -- I. Daily life. Dadu : great capital of the Yuan Dynasty / Zhixin Jason Sun -- The architecture of living and dying / Nancy S. Steinhardt -- Mongol dress in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries / Joyce Denney -- II. Religion. Buddhism and other "foreign" practices in Yuan China / Denise Patry Leidy -- The Daoist image : portrait of the immortal / Birgitta Augustin -- Quanzhou : cosmopolitan city of faiths / John Guy -- III. Painting and calligraphy. Painting and calligraphy under the Mongols / Maxwell K. Hearn -- IV. Textiles and decorative arts. Textiles in the Mongol and Yuan periods / Joyce Denney -- The decorative arts / James C.Y. Watt.

In 1215, the Mongols made their first major incursion into North China & initiated a period of extraordinary creativity in the arts that was encouraged by the confluence of many cultures & ethnic groups. This is a study of the art & culture produced by the Chinese & by the highly skilled craftsmen from Western & Central Asia.

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