CHINA — CHINESE ART — GROUSSET - Lot 72

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CHINA — CHINESE ART — GROUSSET - Lot 72
CHINA — CHINESE ART — GROUSSET GROUSSET (René). — The Civilizations of the East. Volume III: China. Paris, Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie, 1930. In-8, paperback, cover lined with cream-colored paper, printed in black and red and adorned with the publisher’s mark, 360 pp., untrimmed, 269 illustrations in the text and full-page plates. First edition of this third volume of René Grousset’s major synthesis devoted to the civilizations and arts of the East. Published in four volumes between 1929 and 1930—The East, India, China, and Japan—this vast undertaking was conceived by Grousset as a “general introduction to the study of the arts of Asia,” in which art history is placed within its historical and cultural context and supported by an abundance of photographic documentation. This volume traces the development and transformations of Chinese aesthetics, from the earliest Neolithic cultures and archaic bronzes to the great classical periods. Grousset examines, in particular, the art of the Zhou and Han dynasties, the influence of Buddhism, and China’s relations with Central Asia, followed by the gradual establishment of a distinctly Chinese aesthetic and its subsequent development. The volume also addresses artistic exchanges with the Iranian world and the oases of Chinese Turkestan. It is richly illustrated with 269 figures, featuring Neolithic ceramics, bronzes, jades, sculptures, paintings, archaeological artifacts, and works held notably at the Guimet Museum and in various major collections. The contemporary bibliography confirms the 360 pages and 269 illustrations in this third volume. René Grousset (1885–1952), a historian and Orientalist, served as curator at the Guimet Museum before becoming curator of the Cernuschi Museum and a member of the Académie française. *The Civilizations of the East* is one of his major overviews of the cultural and artistic history of Asia. Paperback copy, untrimmed, in its original reinforced cover. Cover and spine slightly browned, with foxing and minor signs of wear; scattered foxing inside, paper slightly yellowed. Copy remains in good condition and in its original presentation.
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