Art by the book : painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China / J. P. Park.

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Main Author: Park, J. P.
Language:English
Published: Seattle [Wash.] : University of Washington Press, 2012.
Edition:First.
Subjects:
Art and society > China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
Painting, Chinese > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
China > Social life and customs > 960-1644.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical Description:xii, 309 pages : illustrations
Variant Title:
Painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chronology of Chinese dynasties
  • Introduction. William Shakespeare, a great painter?
  • Genre and biography
  • Words without images
  • Portraits of the characteristic
  • Icons of love and marginality
  • 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.