This title serves as a comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted guide to the defining phases of the world's artistic tradition. The story of art unfolds in its full historical, social, religious, economic and cultural context, deepening students' understanding of art, architecture, painting and sculpture.

This is an illustrated look at the masterpieces of Ancient China, these include buildings, works of art, cities and landscapes. The text provides an historical framework to the era, from its beginnings in the Neolithic age to the glories of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The Terracotta Army is evidence of the organisational power of the Qin Dynasty that unified China in 221 BC. This book unfolds the historical and archaeological context of the Terracotta Warriors, and explores the research and excavation that has been carried out in the years since the first discovery in 1974.

An exploration of modern and contemporary experience in China, through the lens of Tiananmen Square.

In this analysis of a little-explored area of Japanese cultural history, the author reassesses the career of the chief minister Matsudaira Sadanobu, who played a key role in defining what we think of as Japanese culture in the 21st century.

A retired botanist and author of The Garden Plants of China (1999) tours some 200 gardens in five regions of China some new to Western publication via lush color photographs, site descriptions, and historical context, after an introduction on viewing such gardens through Western eyes. While one ma

Includes discussion of the useful early stages of a research task: planning and drafting a paper. This title explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; and, how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately.