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Chinese art

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Chinese art works of art produced in the vast geographical region of China. It the oldest art in the world and has its origins in remote antiquity. (For the history of Chinese civilization, see China .) Early Periods Neolithic cultures produced many artifacts such as painted pottery, bone tools and ornaments, and jade carvings of a sophisticated design. Excavations at B'ei-li-kang near Luo-yang date materials found at that site to 6000-5000 BC An excavation in the early 1970s of the royal tomb of Shih-huang Ti revealed an array of funerary terra-cotta images. In Henan, the village of... Read more

Chinese art
Chinese art Longest pedigree of any school in world art, its earliest artefacts (painted...coloured enamels , took place during the Ming period (1368–1644). Chinese porcelain became highly valuable in European markets, a trend which accelerated... Read more

Chinese music
...Certain outlines of ancient Chinese music have nevertheless been...through the ages. Ancient Chinese hymns were slow and solemn...was also highly developed. Chinese opera originated in the 14th...as a serious and refined art. Tone and the Instruments In Chinese music, the single tone ... Read more

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