{"product_id":"ten-thousand-things-9780691252872","title":"Ten Thousand Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombines aesthetic and cultural insights with a variety of illustrations to make a statement about Chinese art and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the 2002 Joseph Levenson Book Prize for pre-1999 China\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A truly unique book to clarify the mind about what Chinese art is now and what it was.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] stimulating and provocative overview of the theme of creativity in Chinese art . . . This may be a book with a large and ambitious thesis, but it is also one very firmly grounded in specifics . . . illustrated with a richness and aptness which is rarely seen today . . . The clarity of exposition and the liveliness of the language makes each of the eight linked essays a pleasure to read on its own . . . The work deserves a wide readership.\"\u003cb\u003e---Craig Clunas, \u003ci\u003eBurlington Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While the idea that traditional China can be defined by its production processes is not entirely new, only with Lothar Ledderose's \u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Things\u003c\/i\u003e has that argument been made comprehensively, and in terms that fully engage the social and art historian . . . An excellent resource for the social and art history of China.\"\u003cb\u003e---James A. Flath, \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ledderose's book, although written to be accessible to a nonspecialist reader, should have an equally impressive impact on scholars. . . . After reading it, one cannot but be excited about the future direction and possibilities of Chinese art history.\"\u003cb\u003e---Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403931689303,"sku":"9780691252872","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691252872.jpg?v=1730484923","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ten-thousand-things-9780691252872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}