Chinese Art Bibliography - General Sources

Reference Works | Dictionaries | Prehistory and Myths

Reference Works

An Xu. Xizang fushi 西藏服飾. Tianjin: Tianjin renmei, 2000. (Ordered, SA)

Bibliography of Asian Studies. Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies, 1956-. Electronic resource: http://bas.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/

Cahill, James. 中國古畫索引( An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: Tang, Song, and Yuan). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. (ND1040. C35 Gest/SA)

Capon, Joanna. Guide to Museums in China. Hong Kong: Orientations, 2002. (In process, SA)

Chang Chunshu. Premodern China: A Bibliographical Introduction. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies, 1971. (Z3106.C4, Gest)

Eberhard, Wolfram. A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. London: Routlegde & Kegan Paul, 1986. (DS721. E32613 F/SA)

Feng Zhiwen 馮志文. Xiyu diming cidian 西域地名詞典. Ulumuqi: Xinjiang renmin, 2002. (Ordered, SA)

Fu, Baoshi 傅抱石. Zhongguo meishu nianbiao 中國美術年表 . Shanghai: 1998. (ND1040. F777 1998 SA)

Gordon, Leonard H. D. and Frank I. Shulman. Doctorial Dissertations on China. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1972.

Hansford, Howard. A Glossary of Chinese Art and Archaeology. London: 1972. (N7343. H19 SA)

Hucker, Charles O. China: A Critical Bibliography. Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1962. (Z3101. H8, Gest/F)

Hudson, Geoffrey F. Europe and China: A Survey of Their Relations from the Earliest Times to 1800. Boston: Beacon Press, 1961. (1724.483 F)

Huang Zhenyan黃貞燕. Zhongguo meishu beiwang lu 中國美術備忘錄. Taipei: Shitou, 1997.

Lang Shaojun 郎紹君. Zhongguo  zaoxing yishu cidian 中國造型藝術詞典. Beijing：Zhongguo qingnian, 1996. (Ordered, SA)

Li Chongzhi 李崇智. Zhongguo lidai nianhao kao中國歷代年號考. Beijing: zhonghua shujiu, 2001. (DS733. L52, Gest)

Liu Xuantang 劉宣堂. Zhongguo gudai qiwu tudian 中國古代器物圖典. Jilin: Jilin meishu, 1993. （In process, SA）

Lust, John, Index Sinicus. A Catalog of Articles relating to China in Periodicals and Other Collective Publications. 1920-1955. Cambridge, England: Hebfer, 1964. (Z3101. L8, Gest)

Kaogu yanjiusuo bianji chuban shukan mulu suoyin ji gaiyao 考古研究所編輯出版書刊目錄索引集概要. Chengdu: Sichuan daxue, 2001. (In process, SA)

Ma Shutian 馬書田. Zhongguo fo, pusa, luohan dadian 中國佛，菩薩，羅漢大典. Beijing: Huawen, 2002. (In process, SA)

Mackerras, Colin. Essays on the Sources for Chinese History. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1975.

Munsterburg, Hugo. Symbolism in Ancient Chinese Art. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1986. (N7340. 22. M86 SA)

Pan Yeuchang. Zhongguo meishu mingzuo jianshang cidian 中國美術名作鑑賞詞典. Shanxi: renmei, 2002. (In process, SA)

Powers, M. J. Art and Political Expression in Early China. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. (NB1880. C6 P68 SA)

Rawson, Jesica ed. The British Museum Book of Chinese Art. London: British Museum Press,1992. (N7340. B64 1992 SA/Annex A)

Shi Tongsheng. Meishu lunwen lunzhu ziliao suoyin. Tainjin: Tianjin renmei, 2000. (Z5961.C5 M45, Gest)

Tseng Yuho. A History of Chinese Calligraphy. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1993. (NK3634. A2 T78, Gest/SA)

Turner, Jane ed. The Grove Dictionary of Art. 1991, Vols. 6-7 on Chinese Art. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996. (N31.D5 1996, SA). Also available at: http://www.groveart.com/

Wang Chongren 王崇人. Zhongguo shuhua yishu cidian 中國書畫藝術辭典. Xian: Shanxi renmei, 2002. (In process, SA)

Wang Tiezhu 王鐵柱. Zhongguo jinxiandai huihua jianshang tu lu 中國近現代繪畫監賞圖錄 . Beijing: renmei, 2001. (In process, SA)

Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge: The Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2000. (DS735. W695 1988, Gest/F).

Yinghan Hanying wenhua kaogu cidian 英漢漢英文化考古詞典. Beijing: Waiwen, 1998. (In process, SA)

Yung, Bell, Evelyn Rawski, and Rubie Watson. Harmony and Counterpoint: Ritual Music in Chinese Context. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. (ML336.1.H37 1996, MUS)

Zhonghua yueqi dadian 中国乐器大典. Beijing: Minzhu, 2002. (In process, SA)

Zhongguo fo, pusa, luohan dadian 中国佛，菩萨，罗汉大典 . Beijing: Huawen, 2002. (In process, SA)

Zhongguo shekeyuan. Index to Materials on Chinese Archaeology, 1971-1982. Beijing: Wenwu, 1998.

Zhu Boxiong朱伯雄. Zhongguo shuhua mingjia jingpin dadian中國書畫名家精品大典 . Hangzhou: Zhejiang jiaoyu, 1997, 4 vols. (ND1040 C6212 1997 Gest/SA).

Zurnodorfer, Harriet T. China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works about China Past and Present. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. (Z3016. Z87 1995, Gest/SA)

Dictionaries

David M. Farquhar. The Government of China under Mongolian Rule: A Reference Guide. Stuttgart: F. Steiner, 1990. (JS7352. A3 F376 Gest)

Hucker, Charles O. A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1985. (CR4161. H82 F/Gest/SA)

Liu Haisu 劉海粟. Zhongguo meishu cidian 中國美術詞典. Shanghai: Shanghai renmei, 1989. (N7340. C483 Gest/SA)

Liu Xuantang 劉宣堂. Zhongguo gudai qiwu tudian 中國古代器物圖典. Jilin: Jilin meisu, 1993. (NK1483. A1 C487 Gest)

Ye Dabing葉大兵. Zhongguo xielu wenhua cidian 中国鞋 文化词典. Shanghai: Shanghai sanlian, 2001. (In process, SA)

Yinghan Hanying Wenhua kaogu cidian 英漢漢英文化考古詞典. Jilin: Heilongjiang, 1998.

Zhang Wei. Zhongguo jianzhu tudian 中國建築圖典. Changsha: Hunan meishu, 1999, 4 vols. (NA1543. Z46 1999s Annex A).

Zhang Daoyi 張道一. Zhongguo minjian meishu cidian 中國民間美術詞典. Jiangsu: Zhejiang meishu, 2001.

Zhao Decheng and Wang Xingming 趙德誠，汪興明，Zhongguo lidai guancheng cidian 中國歷代官稱辭典 . Beijing: Tuanjie, 1999. (JQ1512. Z13 T5775 1999, Gest)

Zheng Tianting 鄭天挺. Zhongguo lishi dacidian 中國歷史大辭典. Shanghai: Shanghai renmei, 2000, 2 vols. (DS733. Z462 Gest).

Zhou Xun. Zhongguo yiguan fushi dacidian 中國衣冠服飾大辭典. Shanghai: Shanghai cishu, 1996. (GT1555.Z49 1996, SA)

Prehistory and Myths

Allen, Sarah. The Heir and the Sage: Dynastic Lgend in Early China. S.F.: Chinese Materials Center, 1981. (GR335.A43, SA)

Bodde, Derk. "Myths of Ancient China," in Samuel N. Kramer, ed., Mythologies of the Ancient World. Chicago: Quadrangle Books N. Y.: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1961, 369-408. (5070.539 F)

Chang, Kwang-chih. The Archaeology of Ancient China. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. 4th edition, 1986.(GN855. C5 .C3 1968, F/SA)

________. Art, Myth, and Ritual: The Path To Political Authority in Ancient China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983. (DS741.65.C5312, Gest/F)

Cheng, Dekun. Archaeology in China. Vol. I: Prehistoric China. Cambridge, England: Heffer, 1959.

Davis, Edward. Society and the Supernatural in Song China. Honolulu : University of Hawai`i Press, c2001. (BL1802. D38 2001, F)

Fang Yulu (Ming) 方于魯. Fangshi mopu 方氏墨譜. Beijing: Zhongguo shu dian, 1991, 6 vols. (NK6035. 2 C64F364 SA)

Rawson, Jessica. Chinese Ornament: the Lotus and the Dragon. New York: Art Media Resources Ltd., 1984. (NK1483. R38, SA)

Shanzhai ji jinlu 善齋吉金錄. Shanghai: Shanghai tushuguan, 1998. (NK6404. L74 1998q SA)

Strassberg, Richard. A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains adn Seas. Berkeley: University of California, 2002. (ND707. S4713 2002. Gest)

Watson, William. Archaeology in China. London: Parrish, 1960. (N7340.W3, SA)

            ________. Early Civilization in China. New York: McGraw Hill, 1966. (N7340. W31, SA)