The Compelling Image - Nature and Style in Seventeenth-Century Chinese Painting

About the author

James Cahill is Professor of the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

James Cahill explores the radiant painting of that tumultuous era when the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China dramatically changed the lives and thinking of artists and intellectuals. Over 250 illustrations, including 12 color plates, are drawn from collections in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.

Product details

• Authors: James Cahill, Cahill James
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1982
• EAN: 9780674152809
• ISBN: 978-0-674-15280-9
• Weight: 1452 g
• Illustrations: 240 b/w, 14 color halftones, 1 line illustration, 2 maps
• Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
• Subjects: China, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, ART / Asian / Chinese, History of Art, Asian History, Oriental art, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items, The arts: general topics