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| Foreword | |
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| Beginnings of Chinese Sculpture | |
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| Pottery sculptures in primitive times | |
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| Jade sculptures in primitive times | |
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| Ferocious Beauty of the Central Plains Civilization | |
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| Shang: Magnificent Ferocity | |
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| Western Zhou: Simple Dignity | |
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| The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period: Slim and Graceful Luxury | |
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| The Mysterious Culture of the Ancient Shu | |
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| Sanxingdui culture | |
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| Standing bronze figure with multiple identities | |
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| Unexplained bronze heads | |
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| Large bronze masks with vertical eyes and straight ears | |
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| Emperor Qin Shihuang's Underground Army | |
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| What are tomb figures? | |
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| Excavation of the Qin terracotta warriors and horses | |
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| Shape of the Qin terracotta warriors and horses | |
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| Terracotta horses and bronze chariots | |
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| Chinese realism | |
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| Magnificent Stone Carvings from the Han Dynasty | |
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| Large stone carvings | |
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| The tomb of Huo Qubing | |
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| Horse Stepping on a Xiongnu Soldier | |
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| Making a tomb - Qilian Mountain | |
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| Artless craft | |
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| Skillful but not exquisite | |
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| Carved stone animals in the Eastern Han Dynasty | |
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| Introduction of Buddhism and the Blending of Cultures | |
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| Mogao Grotto images | |
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| Maijishan Grotto images | |
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| Yungang Grotto images | |
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| Longmen Grotto images | |
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| The Dignity of the Kingdom of Heaven | |
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| Guard beast figures in the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties | |
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| Imperial stone carvings in the Tang Dynasty | |
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| Pottery figures in Tang Dynasty tombs | |
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| Integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism | |
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| Painted sculptures at Jinci Temple | |
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| Buddhist statue at Qinglian Temple | |
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| Dazu rock carvings | |
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| Colorful sculptures from the Ming and Qing dynasties | |
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| Ming-style painted sculptures at Shuanglin Temple | |
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| Statues of Five Hundred arhats at Qiongzhu Temple | |
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| Beautiful Residences | |
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| Qin tile carvings and Han tile ornaments | |
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| Relief sculptures on que from the Eastern Han Dynasty | |
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| Ornamental architectural sculptures of the Sui and Tang Dynasties | |
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| Stone architectural sculptures of the Yuan Dynasty | |
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| Architectural sculptures of the Ming and Qing Dynasties | |
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| Delights of Folic Art | |
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| Qiaoer Muhura | |
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| Playing with toys - Big Afu | |
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| Hand-made figures based on traditional Chinese operas and Clay Figurine Zhang | |
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| Modern Sculptural Style | |
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| 1911-1949: Western influence | |
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| 1949-1979: From revolutionary passion to formulaic art | |
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| From 1980-the early 21st century: Conceptual sculptural art | |
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| Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties | |