Colored Journey:

Focusing on the splendid Chinese lacquerware culture, this book explores cultural issues related to the lacquer civilization of the Silk Road. It specifically describes the origin, development, and global dissemination of Chinese lacquer culture, showing the infinite charm of Chinese lacquer civilization and its global identity. The “Silk Road” is also known as the “Road of Lacquerware.” This book starts with the liquid called "big lacquer" that flows out of the oriental lacquer tree. Focusing on the splendid Chinese lacquerware culture, this book explores cultural issues related to the lacquer civilization of the Silk Road. It specifically describes the origin, development, and global dissemination of Chinese lacquer culture, showing the infinite charm of Chinese lacquer civilization and its global identity. It also indicates the spillover effect and coupling mechanism of lacquerware culture on the ancient Silk Road. Pan Tianbo, specialist in lacquerware research, keynote speaker of “Lecture Room”, professor of Jiangsu Normal University. Specialized in lacquerer culture, history of arts and craft as well as history of design, good at describing lacquerware civilization from global perspective. Author of Chinese Lacquerers that Affect World Civilization, Study on Lacquerware Culture in Han Dynasty, Global Exchanges of Lacquer, etc. The “Silk Road” is also known as the “Road of Lacquerware”. This book starts with the liquid called "big lacquer" that flows out of the oriental lacquer tree. Focusing on the splendid Chinese lacquerware culture, this book explores cultural issues related to the lacquer civilization of the Silk Road. It specifically describes the origin, development, and global dissemination of Chinese lacquer culture, showing the infinite charm of Chinese lacquer civilization and its global identity. It also indicates the spillover effect and coupling mechanism of lacquerware culture on the ancient Silk Road.

Pages: 386, Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan