CHINESE ART: A GUIDE TO MOTIFS AND VISUAL IMAGERY
Book ID/图书代码： 02911015B86382
English Summary/英文概要： With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art.
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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這本中國藝術指南包含 630 多張精美的彩色照片和插圖，重點介紹構成中國傳統藝術基礎的豐富意象。
《中國藝術：母題與視覺意象指南》包含對中國藝術中不斷出現的圖像的詳細評論和歷史背景介紹，包括特定的植物和動物、神話生物、凡人和無生命物體。本書以引人入勝且權威的語氣，全面闡述了中國流行象徵符號的起源、常見用法和多樣化應用。
本書對於收藏家、博物館參觀者、導遊、學生和其他對中國文化和歷史有濃厚興趣的人來說是一本重要的參考書。(Zoe)
Awards/获奖情况："This splendid, descriptive guide to the motifs and imagery of Chinese art will be valuable to scholars and students of all things visually Chinese." —Choice
"An intelligent yet friendly text by an extremely well-informed and generous author and the result is a book which will be a valued addition to the libraries of all who are interested in Chinese art." —Arts of Asia
"An ideal keepsake for collectors and art lovers, Chinese Art explores the meanings behind the plethora of common motifs and symbols found in all sorts of Chinese art." —The Nation
About the Author/作者介绍： Patricia Bjaaland Welch，文學碩士，曾任波士頓大學中國哲學和藝術講師，二十多年來一直在波士頓、曼谷和新加坡的著名博物館擔任講解員。她為講解員編寫了幾本內部培訓手冊，並熱衷於帶人們進入博物館並幫助他們欣賞所看到的東西。她經常擔任中國藝術和歷史相關科目的講師。她是一位熱心的收藏家和研究員，也是五部已出版作品的作者，其中包括《中國新年》。她目前居住在新加坡。
Patricia Bjaaland Welch, MA, is a former lecturer in Chinese philosophy and art at Boston University, and has been a docent for over two decades in prominent museums in Boston, Bangkok, and Singapore. She has written several in-house training manuals for docents and is passionate about bringing people into museums and helping them to appreciate what they are seeing. She is a frequent lecturer on subjects relating to Chinese art and history. An avid collector and researcher, she is also the author of five published works, including Chinese New Year. She currently lives in Singapore.
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