Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Paperback with Flaps edition (September 10, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0804843163

ISBN-13: 978-0804843164

Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.7 x 11 inches

Shipping Weight: 3 pounds

Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, religious beings, mortals and inanimate objects. The book thoroughly illuminates the origins, common usages and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative.

Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery is an essential reference for collectors, museum-goers, guides, students and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China.