Preface vii
Maps viii
 Chronological Table x
Neolithic Art 1 (10)
Shang Art 11 (16)
The Erlitou period 11 (3)
The Erligang period 14 (3)
The Yinxu period 17 (10)
Bronze in the Xizhou Period: 1027--771 B.C. 27 (11)
Continuing style 29 (2)
Epigonic style 31 (4)
The bird motif 35 (1)
Broad style 35 (3)
Bronze in the Chunqiu and Zhanguo Periods: 38 (14)
771--476, 475--221
Reduced ornament 38 (1)
Liyu style 39 (2)
Henan picturesque style 41 (2)
Mirrors 43 (2)
Henan geometric style 45 (7)
Jade 52 (9)
Lacquer Art 61 (8)
Inner Asia and the Chinese Borders 69 (12)
Cultural Unity. The Han Empire 81 (8)
Draughtsmanship before Han 81 (1)
Draughtsmanship and painting under the 81 (2)
Western Han: human and animal figures
The inhabited scroll 83 (3)
Naturalistic modelling 86 (3)
Iconography under the Western Han 89 (7)
Draughtsmanship and Painting under the 96 (8)
Eastern Han
Schematic design 102 (2)
Architecture in Retrospect from the Second 104 (9)
Century A.D.
The Period of the Six Dynasties 113 (1)
Buddhist and secular 113 (1)
The Age of Division: Sculpture of the 114 (5)
Northern Wei First Phase
Pre-Yungang sculpture: Northern Wei first 115 (4)
phase
Yungang Cave-shrine: Northern Wei Second Phase 119 (9)
Northern Wei Third Phase: A.D. 495--535 128 (15)
Gilded bronze images 128 (4)
Longmen cave-shrines 132 (5)
Cave-shrines of Northern Wei date at 137 (6)
Maijishan, Gong-xian
Monumental Sculpture of the Mid-sixth Century 143 (10)
Schools of sculpture 143 (4)
Monumental sculpture under Northern Qi, 147 (6)
Northern Zhou and Sui (A.D. 550--618)
Draughtsmanship and Painting of the Six 153 (10)
Dynasties in Henan, Hebei and Jiangsu
Secular subjects: the frieze of persons 153 (1)
The demon frieze and the landscape frieze 153 (10)
Pre-Tang Mural Painting in West China 163 (13)
Architecture from Han to Tang 176 (10)
The Buddhist precinct 176 (2)
The timber frame 178 (3)
Wooden towers 181 (1)
Memorial pagodas 182 (2)
Brick towers 184 (2)
The Buddhist Icon: Tang International Style 186 (9)
Tang International Style: jewelled motifs 186 (4)
Tang International Style: floral motifs, 190 (2)
colour
Tang International Style: linearity, 192 (3)
figures, perspective
Tang Secular Painting, Figures and Landscape 195 (18)
The theorists 195 (1)
Portraiture and figure painting 196 (1)
Single figures 196 (1)
Figure groups 196 (9)
Landscape 205 (8)
Buddhist Sculpture under the Tang 213 (14)
Continuing style: 580--680 216 (2)
Continuing style: 680--720 218 (1)
Continuing style: 720--750 218 (3)
Continuing style in the late eighth and 221 (1)
early ninth centuries
Indianizing style 221 (3)
Mahayana and Vajrayana 224 (3)
Tang Non-Buddhist Sculpture and Decorated 227 (19)
Objects
Monumental sculpture 227 (2)
Tang stone sculpture 229 (1)
Pottery figurines 230 (6)
Lead glaze and metal form 236 (10)
 List of Bibliographical Abbreviations 246 (1)
 Notes 247 (12)
 Bibliography 259 (11)
 Glossary of Chinese Characters 270 (3)
 Index 273 (4)
 Picture Acknowledgements 277