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The Elegant Life of The Chinese Literati

From the Chinese Classic, 'Treatise on Superfluous Things', Finding Harmony and Joy in Everyday Objects

by Wen Zhenheng
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/12/2019

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With annotations by Chen Zhi, a well known modern scholar of Chinese garden design, readers gain insight into the historical and cultural context of instructions such as, 'The wooden cross-piece of the door frame should have a strip of speckled bamboo nailed horizontally across it either with two or four nails, never six.'

Lavishly illustrated with famous Chinese paintings and photographs of Chinese gardens, furniture, and objets d'art, readers can immerse themselves in Chinese culture, history, and values, and perhaps even learn to appreciate the everyday objects in their own lives.

With the pace of modern life, we often don't stop to appreciate the little things in life. Everyday objects go unnoticed and are continuously under-appreciated. However, these individual elements come together to form a larger picture - one that defines our lifestyle.

ISBN:
9781602200395
9781602200395
Category:
History of art: ancient & classical art
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-12-2019
Publisher:
Shanghai Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
180
Dimensions (mm):
262x185mm

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