Painter''s Practice - How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China

-- The Yale Review

About the author

James Cahill

Summary

In this beautifully illustrated book, Cahill reveals the intricacies of the traditional Chinese painter's life and work, covering such aspects as payment and patronage, in an approach that is largely absent from Asian art history.

Product details

• Authors: James Cahill, Cahill James, James Cahill
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.1995
• EAN: 9780231081818
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08181-8
• No. of pages: 187
• Series: Bampton Lectures in America S.; Bampton Lectures in America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, ART / History / General, ART / Asian / General, ART / Business Aspects, ART / Asian / Chinese, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Painting & paintings, East Asia, Far East, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Art: Financial Aspects, C 1700 To C 1800, Oriental art, Paintings and painting