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The BP exhibition : Ming : 50 years that changed China / edited by Craig Clunas and Jessica Harrison-Hall.

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The BP exhibition : Ming : 50 years that changed China / edited by Craig Clunas and Jessica Harrison-Hall.
Publication
  • London : British Museum Press, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Clunas, Craig
  • Harrison-Hall, Jessica
  • British Museum, host institution.
Description
312 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
Published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum and drawing on the latest research, this magnificent book explores the extraordinary history of early Ming China: the fabulous imperial courts, the military and cultural achievements, the complex belief systems, and diplomatic and trading missions. Over 2500 objects from museums across China and the rest of the world are illustrated here, including spectacular recent archaeological discoveries and some of the most beautiful works of art ever made.
Alternative Title
  • Ming : 50 years that changed China
  • 50 years that changed China
  • Fifty years that changed China
Subject
  • Art, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 > Exhibitions
  • Art objects, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 > Exhibitions
  • Ming-dynastie
  • China > Civilization > 960-1644 > Exhibitions
  • China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > Exhibitions
  • China
Note
  • "This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 18 September 2014 to 5 January 2015"--Title page verso.
  • Simultaneously published by the University of Washington Press in Seattle.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A second founding : Ming China 1400-1450 / Craig Clunas -- Courts : palaces, people and objects / Jessica Harrison-Hall -- Wu : the arts of war / David Robinson -- Wen : the arts of peace / Craig Clunas -- Beliefs : miracles and salvation / Marsha Haufler -- Commerce : the Ming in the world / Timothy Brook.
ISBN
  • 9780714124773
  • 071412477X
  • 9780714124841
  • 0714124842
LCCN
9780714124841
OCLC
  • 893521377
  • SCSB-13805223
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