Chinese Fashions Coloring Book - (Dover Fashion Coloring Book) by Ming-Ju Sun (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Over 1,000 years of Chinese fashions worn by dynasty officials, scholars, musicians, street vendors, household help, and other figures -- from Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) to late Republic. 43 full-page black-and-white illustrations.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Over 1,000 years of Chinese fashions for men and women are featured in this exquisitely rendered coloring book -- from a strapless, high-waisted dress with a transparent outer robe worn during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907) to an elegant, knee-length sheath trimmed with floral applique (late Republic period).<br>Also included are ready-to-color images of a Tang Dynasty official wearing a flowing robe and a hat denoting his rank as a civil servant; military men of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) attired in boots, tunics, and trousers and sporting sheathed swords; two actors from the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) in lavishly embroidered robes; a musician of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); a street vendor of the Ming Dynasty in a simple belted robe and trousers; young housemaids of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), wearing loose robes belted at the waist with colorful ties; a high official and his wife in elaborately embroidered robes and skirts of the Qing Dynasty; and two young women of the Republic period wearing delicately embroidered ankle-length skirts and loose-sleeved tops.<br>Captions describe each garment in a collection that will delight coloring book fans and enthusiasts of East Asian cultures.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ming-Ju Sun has worked in fashion advertising as an illustrator, art director, and photographer. Her original illustrations for Garfinckel's department store, along with her original drawings from Dover's <i>Fashions of the First Ladies Coloring Book, </i> are archived at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
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