This book was published and distributed by Shaanxi People’s Fine Arts Publishing House in 1985. Professor Zhang Daoyi, a leading figure in the current Chinese academic community, once wrote an extensive commentary for this book, stating, “…Shaanxi People’s Fine Arts Publishing House’s decision to publish Mr. Hudson.Z’s A Brief History of European Arts and Crafts will be the first cornerstone to fill the gap in this field. It signifies that on our Chinese soil, within the realm of decorative arts, systematic research into the history of foreign arts has be gun.”
