The Art of Armenia: An Introduction - Christina Maranci

The Art of Armenia: An Introduction - Christina Maranci
Language: English | Publisher: | Format: - 172 pages | ISBN-13: 978-0190269005 | 46 MB

Though immediately recognizable in public discourse as a modern state in a "hot zone," Armenia has a material and visual that reaches back to the Paleolithic . This book presents a timely and much-needed survey of the arts of Armenia from antiquity to the eighteenth century C.E. Divided chronologically, it brings into discussion a wide range of media, including , stone sculpture, works in , wood, and cloth, manuscript illumination, and ceramic arts.

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A Brief History of Chinese Fiction - Lu Hsun

A Brief History of Chinese Fiction - Lu Hsun
Language: English | Publisher: | Format: - 471 pages | ISBN-13: N/A | 33.9 MB

, and standard-bearer of modern Chinese , wrote this book during the twenties. It is a study of the historical of Chinese fiction from early myths and legends down to well-developed long novels written at the end of the Ching Dynasty.

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