WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tiny statuette of a bird carved from burnt bone about 13,500 years ago reveals the origins of Chinese art, embodying a style different from prehistoric three-dimensional ...
Described as being in “an exceptional state of preservation,” the figurine was found at an archeological site in Lingjing, in central China’s Henan province. It was hand-carved from burned animal bone ...
Zhu Da (1626–1705), “Flowers on a River” (1697), hand scroll; ink on paper, 19 × 508 7/8 inches (collection of the Tianjin Museum) A rare exhibition of Chinese painting in Manhattan is drawing acclaim ...
This weekend marks the closing of “Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou Museum,” an exhibition at the China ...
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. A tiny ...
The largest survey of its kind outside of China and the first in the U.S., Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou ...
A small bird carving--the oldest instance of East Asian three-dimensional art ever discovered--is described in a study published June 10, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Zhanyang Li from ...