Fine Arts of China Multimedia CD-ROM

A Spectacular Visual Encyclopedia of the Arts and Architecture of China, including over 400 exquisite full-color photos with extensive tutorials. This is a must-have collection for art-lovers, students, educators, family libraries and all those interested in the culture, history and artisans of China.

This series of exquisite color photographs represents the very best of Chinese Art from the last 10,000 years. Never before has such a fine collection been assembled in one place. These photos represent art as old as the Neolithic age (10,000 years ago) and as fresh as today's dynamically changing China!
This multimedia CD-ROM covers a wide range of art:

• Ancient Sculpture
  • Neolithic animal shaped pots
  • bronze and pottery heads and figurines
  • lacquered wooden figurines
  • terracotta clay figures of weaponed soldiers,
  • horses, and chariots
  • granite and stone animals
  • painted clay sculptures
  • limestone statues, and more.
• Arts & Crafts

• Folk art
• New Year paintings
• Paper cuts
• Painted clay figures and sculptures
• Stone lions
• Mian Hua (dough flower crafts)
• Embroidered sweetgrass bags
• Leather-silhouette show
• Colorful kites and more.

• Ancient Painting

• Tomb and cave frescoes
• silk paintings
• brick and stone carvings
• Han Xizai's Night Feast by Gu Hongzhong of the Five Dynasties Period, and more.

• Ancient Fine Art

• Neolithic painted pottery
• glazed pottery
• KESI silk crafted fabrics
• embroidery and brocade
• bronze gold and silver wares and more.

• Modern Fine Art

• Figure paintings
• flower and bird paintings
• water-ink on paper paintings
• oil paintings
• caricatures, and more.

• Ancient Architecture

• The Great Wall
• Anji single-arched bridge
• Beijing Palace Museum
• Tian An Men gate
• gates of the Forbidden City
• architectural drawings
• Temple of Heaven
• suspending temples
• Summer Palace
• numerous pagodas
• typical residences and more.

• The lavishly explained text with each photo provides fascinating historical and descriptive detail superbly written by Professor Xi Chuanji, the Director of Art History Research at the Nanjing Institute of Fine Arts. Full-text search capability allows fast, easy access to any word or phrase.
  English text descriptions with rich history and detail provide an in-depth understanding of the visuals. Maps show the locations of the photography and museums.
  The photos can be power zoomed to inspect the intricate detail of each piece. As a pleasant addition, enchanting music created especially for this series can be played at your leisure.
  It is generally forbidden in China for anyone - tourist or citizen - to approach the site of these treasures with a camera; let alone take a picture. These photos were graciously supplied by the government of the People's Republic of China.

• Requires: Windows 95®, Windows® 98, ME, 2000, XP, or NT, 4MB RAM recommended, VGA or better, CD-ROM drive, Sound card, Mouse supported. About the software.
  Lifetime Media Guarantee If this CD-ROM ever fails, return for free replacement.
  List Price $39.95. Shipping $5 to North America. Elsewhere $20.
  

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