Prehistoric roots: late Neolithic cultures
The early Bronze Age: Shang and Western Zhou
The late Bronze Age: Eastern Zhou
The first empires: Qin and Han
Age of the dharma: the period of division
A new imperial state: Sui and Tang
Technologies and cultures of the song
Official, personal, and urban arts of the Yuan to middle Ming
Art systems and circulations: late Ming to middle Qing
Identity and community in 19th- and 20th-century Chinese art.