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Beautiful China / by Lina Unali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Unali, Lina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, European--Chinese influences.
- Art, European.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations, photographs
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- "This volume discusses the centuries-old familiarity between Europe and China. It explores the European nations' admiration for the distant Asian country, and their attempt at capturing the meaning of its ancient culture and language"-- Source other than Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- I. Fundamental elements for an understanding of the historical and cultural heritage of China
- II. Crystal coloured flowers, mother of pearls and dragons inside the royal palaces of Europe : Porcelains in the east and in the west
- III. Italian, English, German, American, and Russian compositions of images of China
- IV. The Chinese language
- V. The internal martial arts.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-9802-3
- OCLC:
- 956992802
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