Five Thousand Years of Chinese Art Author: Yang Qi Publisher: CITIC Press

Introduction
To understand Chinese art is to understand the aesthetic language of the Chinese people. 24 dynasties, 50 famous artists, and 300 paintings have built a 5,000-year-long heritage of elegance.
This book tells the evolution of Chinese art style, techniques and themes in a chronological order, and analyzes the unique spiritual pursuits of the Chinese people contained in works from past dynasties: the hope for harmony between man and nature can be seen in the rock paintings of the Paleolithic Age, the adherence to the ritual and music system can be seen in the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Buddhist spirit of compassion for the world can be seen in the Dunhuang murals, and the lofty sentiments of literati can be seen in the landscape paintings... China in art is both elegant and distant, and solemn and magnificent.
We can see the ancient and modern aesthetic tastes of the Chinese people, and also see the endless creativity of the Chinese people. See China in art.
About the Author
Yang Qi is a senior professor at the Department of Art History and Theory, Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University.
He won the Teaching Contribution Award of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. His rigorous and humorous teaching style is widely praised. In addition to teaching, he has been engaged in the popularization of mass art for a long time. He has served as the art consultant of CCTV's "World Culture Square" and the main speaker of Beijing TV's "Famous Teachers Forum" and "Chinese Civilization Lecture Hall". His published works include "Introduction to Art Studies" and "Ten Lectures on Dunhuang Art".