This volume examines the progress of Chinese art during
the time period of the Five Dynasties, Northern and Southern Song, Liao,
Western Xia, Jin Dynasties as well as the Yuan Dynasty. A special focus
lies on the analysis of cultural policies adopted during the reign of
the respective dynasties and their effects on the development of dance,
court music and drama. A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3^rd
year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a
comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art
throughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties and explores the
emergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited
to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting,
calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Unlike previous
reference books, A General History of Chinese Art offers a
broader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more
diverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the
case in Western scholarship.

Broad overall view, translated from Chinese