CAIZF1 Cai Zi’e: ZHONGGUO FUSHI MEIXUE SHI. History of the Aesthetics of Chinese Dress. Shijiazhuang, 2001. 32, 11, 4, 894 pp. 32 pp. colour plates, b/w text illustrations and drawings. 30x22 cm. Cloth. GBP 65.00 A chronologically-arranged study of the aesthetics of Chinese dress from earliest times through to the modern day. With many detailed and previously little-covered aspects of the history, fashion and significance of elements of Chinese dress. A total of 68 chapters are included ranging in topic from 'Mianfu in the Qin Dynasty: Black Dress Conforming to the Virtue of Water' through 'The Esteemed Corpulence of Tang People and the Aesthetic Taste of Their Culture in Dress' to 'Lu Xun's Aesthetics of Dress'. Three page list of contents in English. Main text in Chinese. Subjects: Textiles Aesthetics Can be ordered in, as of: 16/01/2010 Was item 450 in printed List 140. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.