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Art by the book: painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China

Art by the book: painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China
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ISBN 0295991763 (hbk.)
9780295991764 (hbk.)
Author Park, J. P.
Title Art by the book : painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China / [by] J. P. Park
Publisher Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, 2012
Physical desc. [xiii], 309 p., [16] p. of plates ; ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Series China program book
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-292) and index.
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.
Subject Painting, Chinese -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Painting, Chinese -- History
Art and society -- China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
China Social life and customs -- 960-1644
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