J P Park

Art by the Book

Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

J. P. Park builds on important recent research on social status, economic development, and print publishing in late imperial China to show how a world of social meaning is evident in the literary subgenre of painting manuals, and provides insight into the links between art history, print culture, and social history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Huia Pub.
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 184mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 834g
• ISBN-13: 9780295991764
• ISBN-10: 0295991763
• Artikelnr.: 35058219

Autorenporträt

J. P. Park

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
Introduction
William Shakespeare, a Great Painter?
1. Genre and Biography
2. Words without Images
3. Portraits of the Characteristic
4. Icons of Love and Marginality
5. The Art of Being Artistic
Coda: The Late Ming at the Crossroads
Appendix 1 Locations and Editions of Late Ming Painting Manuals
Appendix 2 Lost Manuals and Albums of the Ming Dynasty
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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