Chinese art : a guide to motifs and visual imagery /
This book examines the meanings behind the hundreds of common motifs and symbols found in all forms of Chinese art, exposing their linguistic, metaphoric or historic origins, common usages and diverse applications. Plants, flowers, real and imaginary animals and birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians,...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Welch, Patricia Bjaaland, 1953- |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
North Clarendon, VT :
Tuttle Pub.,
c2008
North Clarendon, Vt. :
Tuttle,
[2008], ©2008
Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. :
c2008
Tokyo ; Rutland, VT :
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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