Zhao Mengfu:calligraphy and painting for Khubilai's China
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Hong Kong University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Hong Kong |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxiv, 431 p., [1] p. of plates: col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
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9789888028573 988802857X |
Index Number: | J052 |
CLC: | J052 |
Call Number: | J052/M123 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-421) and index. A life portrait of the calligrapher -- Zhao Mengfu of the Hanlin : painting figures of society -- Refining the politics of landscape -- The ends of representation : old trees, bamboos and rocks -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The official biography -- Appendix II: Select chronology. This title investigates the art of a pivotal figure in Chinese art history, the controversial early Yuan-dynasty artist and statesman, Zhao Mengfu. The book is a comprehensive assessment in a Western language of his work and its legacy over seven centuries. |