Chinese Folk Art: The Small Skills of Carving Insects
by Berliner, Nancy Zeng
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- ISBN 10
- 0821216155
- ISBN 13
- 9780821216156
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color & B/W Plates. From Publishers Weekly Much more down-to-earth than the silks and porcelain of China's royal courts, Chinese folk art embodies a living tradition that has received scant attention in the West. Berliner, who studied art at a Chinese academy, and her husband, Zeng Xiaojun, bicycled through rural villages to gather the papercuts, embroideries, shadow puppets, wood-block prints and dye-resist printed fabrics assembled in this volume. A belief in spirits and the use of symbols to bring luck, prosperity or longevity animate many of these pieces. Door gods were believed to frighten evil spirits away from a home's entrance. Golden paper money decorated with dragons was burned to propitiate gods. Artists show great sophistication in carved puppets flexible enough to turn somersaults and papercuts that won the praise of poets. This enjoyable survey unearths folk-art traditions that were eclipsed by the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s yet remain alive in China's villages. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Diesman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061231
- Title
- Chinese Folk Art: The Small Skills of Carving Insects
- Author
- Berliner, Nancy Zeng
- Illustrator
- Color & B/W Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0821216155
- ISBN 13
- 9780821216156
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Chinese Folk Art, Chinese Art, Asian Art, Oriental Art, Art, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- China;
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