Rethinking Recarving: Ideals, Practices, and Problems of the Wu Family Shrines and Han China

by Michael Nylan, Michael Loewe, Qianshen Bai, et al.

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The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCE-220 CE) are among the earliest works of Chinese art examined in an international arena. Since the eleventh century, the carvings have been identified by scholars as one of the most valuable and authentic materials for the study of antiquity. This important book presents essays by archaeologists, art and architectural historians, curators, and historians that reexamine the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300137044

ISBN13:9780300137040

Release Date:December 2008

Publisher:Princeton University Art Museum

Length:384 Pages

Weight:2.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 7.5" x 10.5"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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