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Book SynopsisPrelude.- Chapter 1: The Road of Colored Lacquerware.- Chapter 2: Cultural Exchange and Spillover Maritime Transport and Its Expansion.- Chapter 3: Various Export Routes.- Chapter 4: Identity and Status.- Lacquer in the Han and Tang Dynasties: The Aesthetic Tension of Lacquerware.- Chapter 5: Exportation of Han and Tang Lacquerware.- Chapter 6: Lacquerware Trade during the Flourishing Han and Tang Dynasties.- Chapter 7: Lacquerware Trade in Han and Tang Literature.- chapter 8: Foreign Impressions of Han and Tang Lacquerware.- chapter 9: Overseas Spread of Han and Tang Lacquerware Culture.- chapter 10: Infiltration and Repercussions.- “Shibo Si” Administration and Foreign Merchants: Introduction of Song Dynasty Lacquerware Culture into Regional Societies.- Chapter 11: Exportation of Lacquerware in the Song Dynasty.- Chapter 12: Trade of Lacquerware under the “Shibo Si” Administration in the Song Dynasty.- chapter 13: Record of Song Dynasty Lacquerware Trade in Literature.- chapter 14: Foreign Impressions of Song Dynasty Lacquerware.- chapter 15: Infiltration of Song Dynasty Lacquerware Culture into Regional Societies.- chapter 16: Assimilation and Embeddedness.- “Shibo Tijusi” Administration: Organized Lacquerware Trade in the Yuan Dynasty.- chapter 17: Exportation of Lacquerware in the Yuan Dynasty.- Chapter 18: Foreign Trade of Lacquerware under the “Shibo Tijusi” Administration in the Yuan Dynasty.- Chapter 19: Records of Lacquerware Trade in Daoyi Zhilüe.- Chapter 20: Marco Polo’s Remarks on Chinese Lacquerware.- Chapter 21: Interaction of Yuan Dynasty Lacquerware and Overseas Societies and Cultures.- Chapter 22: Transformation and Reinvention.- Trade of Lacquerware in the Ming Dynasty: From Zheng He’s Westward Voyages to Matteo Ricci’s Visit to China.- Chapter 23: Exportation of Lacquerware to the West during the Ming Dynasty.- Chapter 24: Lacquerware Trade during the Zheng He Era in the Ming Dynasty.- chapter 25: Records of Lacquerware Trade in The History of Ming.- Chapter 26: Matteo Ricci’s Impressions of Chinese Lacquerware.- Chapter 27: Overseas Spread of Ming Dynasty Lacquerware Culture in Eurasian and Latin American Societies.- Chapter 28: Acceptance and Coupling.- Lacquerware in European and American Life: Growing Global Circulation.- Chapter 29: Qing Dynasty Lacquerware Exported to Europe and America.- Chapter 30: Lacquerware Trade in the Ming Dynasty under Maritime Prohibitions.- Chapter 31: Lacquerware Trade Mentioned in Haiguo Tuzhi.- chapter 32 : Euro-American Public’s Aesthetic Imagination of Qing Dynasty Lacquerware.- Chapter 33: Qing Dynasty Lacquerware in Europe and America.- Chapter 34: Mutual Influence and Circulation.- Conclusion.

Palgrave Macmillan Silk Road EastWest Cultural Exchange and Northern Grassland Art

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Silk Road and East-West Cultural Exchange.- 3. Prehistoric East-West Cultural Exchange.- 4. Cultural Elements from Shang to Han Dynasties.- 5. Eastern Mediterranean and West Asian Art.- 6. Indian, Greek, and Sasanian Art.- 7. Ancient Art of Central Asia.- 8. Spread of Buddhism in China and Xinjiang Buddhist Art.- 9. Buddhist Cave Art in Hexi and Longdong.- 10. Yungang Grottoes and Stelae of Northern Dynasties.- 11. Cultural Influences on Dunhuang Grottoes.- 12. Eastward Spread of Nestorian, Manichaeism, and Zoroastrian Art.- 13. Islamic Art and Its Eastward Spread.- 14. East-West Cultural Exchange and Decorative Art.- 15. Conclusion.

Springer Bridging Art and Design with Technology

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Book SynopsisExploring the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Interactive Creative Expression.- Visible Routes: Innovative Methodology for the Role of Cultural Identity of Painting through Eye Tracking.- Television and Contemporary Art: The Application of Broadcast TV and Streaming Technology in the Art of Moving Images.- AI in Creative Processes: Enhancing Artistic Expression and Exploring Human-AI Collaboration.- Study on the Intermedial Transformations of Painting Language in the Digital Age.