Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth Century Chin

This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors.

List of contents

Introduction: The Ennobling Agrarian Work of the Qing Emperors 1. The Kangxi Emperor Reworks the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving 2. The Noble Labors of the Yongzheng Emperor 3. The Preoccupation of the Qianlong Emperor 4.The Sagacious Vocation of the Qianlong Emperor Epilogue. Working Toward Closure, the Jiaqing Emperor Reforms Imperial Labor Appendix A. Imperially composed poems for the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving Appendix B. Primary documents related to the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving and agrarian labor

About the author

Roslyn Lee Hammers is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong.

Summary

This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors.

Product details

• Authors: Roslyn Lee Hammers, Roslyn Lee (University of Hong Kong) Hammers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9780367699994
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69999-4
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; History, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Art, Regional Studies, Painting & paintings, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Paintings and painting