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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133760603321

Titolo

A companion to Asian art and architecture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rebecca M. Brown and Deborah S. Hutton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-78268-425-5

1-283-40843-0

9786613408433

1-4443-9635-8

1-4443-6172-4

1-4443-9632-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (690 p.)

Collana

Wiley-Blackwell companions to art history ; ; 3

Classificazione

ART019000

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownRebecca M

HuttonDeborah S

Disciplina

709.5

Soggetti

Art, Asian

Architecture - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Objects in use -- pt. III. Space -- pt. IV. Artists -- pt. V. Challenging the canon -- pt. VI. Shifting meanings -- pt. VII. Elusive, mobile objects.

Sommario/riassunto

"This companion presents new critical views on crucial aspects of the large and varied field of Asian art and architectural history. The essays collected here provide scholars and the pubic with an opportunity to engage with the field in all its diversity - from coinage to monastic spaces to imperial commissions and beyond. Regions and topics covered include Korea, Japan, China, several regions of Southeast Asia, South Asia, global and colonial interactions, as well as art and architecture in the UK and UK diasporas"--