Screen LibraryDecoded messages：the symbolic language of Chinese animal painting
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Yale University Press Cincinnati Art Museum,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 271 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. |
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9780300141528 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300141521 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780931537356 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0931537355 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | J222 |
| CLC: | J222 |
| Call Number: | J222/S958 |
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Issued in connection with an exhibition held at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-263) and index. Foreword / by Aaron Betsky -- Preface / by Hou-mei Sung -- Chronology -- Introduction / by Hou-mei Sung -- Eagle and hawk -- Crane -- Wild geese -- Pheasant -- Dove/pigeon -- Phoenix -- Dragon -- Tiger -- Horse -- Fish -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- List of artists in exhibition -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Photo credits -- Index. "During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals' symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sung's exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting." "Distinct symbolic meanings were associated with individual motifs, but all animals were assigned a place in the universe according to the Chinese concept of nature. |