General Overview of Chinese Art

Books:

Clunas, Craig. Art in China. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.Fong, Wen, et al. Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.Lee, Sherman E. China, 5000 Years: Innovation and Transformation in the Arts. New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1998.Li, Zehou. The Path of Beauty: A Study of Chinese Aesthetics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.Sullivan, Michael. The Arts of China, 5^th edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.

Order the Video:

You can order the video "Made in China: Fine Art from the Middle Kingdom to Minnesota" from the Museum Shop at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Contact them at:

952-870-3100 (local)
1-888-642-2787 (long distance)
mhele@artsmia.org (email)

Museum Resources:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
http://www.artsmia.org/The Minneapolis Institute of Art’s online educational resource site, includes database of objects in the Museum’s permanent collection.
http://www.artsconnected.org/The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/National Palace Museum, Taipei
http://www.npm.gov.twThe British Museum
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/Links to museums in the U.S. and around the world with exhibitions of Chinese art.
http://www.chinapage.com/museum.htmlEducational resources from The Asia Society. Includes children’s activities and numerous articles on Chinese culture.
http://www.askasia.org/index.html

Miscellaneous Links

General listing of links related to Chinese art by Orientations journal.
http://www.orientations.com.hk/link.htm

An easy-to-use online English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary. Allow time for audio clips to load.
http://sunrain.net/index_e.shtml