[v. 1.] To AD 900 -- [v. 2.] 900-1620 -- [v. 3] After 1620.
Preface -- Maps -- Chronological table. Neolithic art -- Shang art -- Bronze in the Xizhou period: 1027-771 B.C. -- Bronze in the Chunqiu and Zhanguo periods: 771-476, 475-221 -- Jade -- Lacquer art -- Inner Asia and the Chinese borders -- Cultural unity. The Hun empire -- Iconography under the western Han -- Draughtsmanship and painting under the eastern Han -- Architecture in retrospect from the second century A.D. -- The period of the six dynasties -- The age of division: sculpture of the northern Wei first phase -- Yungang cave-shrine: northern Wei second phase -- Northern Wei third phase: A.D. 495-535 -- Monumental sculpture of the mid-sixth century -- Draughtsmanship and painting of the six dynasties in Henan, Hebei and Jiangsu -- Pre-Tang mural painting in west China -- Architecture from Han to Tang -- The Buddhist icon: Tang international style -- Tang secular painting, figures and landscape -- Buddhist sculpture under the Tang -- Tang non-Buddhist sculpture and decorated objects -- List of bibliographical abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Chinese characters -- Index -- Picture acknowledgments.
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