A Manual of the Historical Development of Art Pre-Historic—Ancient—Classic—Early Christian; with Special Reference to Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Ornamentation

CHAPTER IV.

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CHINESE ART.

The Chinese language--The holy books of the Chinese--The sacred number five--Principle of ornamentation--Their towns--The wall with the Chinese not yet a completing part of the building--The enclosure, the frame, and the substructure--The trellis-work of the Chinese and its subdivision--Their Tshao-pings and Miaos--Mode of colouring--Silk-weavings and their usual patterns-- Feather works and embroideries--Their deficiencies in painting--Their pottery--Causes of their failings in art in a higher sense. 45