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Zusatztext "An important book. . . . Cahill draws attention to a category of paintings that have hitherto been little studied." Informationen zum Autor James Cahill is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Art at the University of California! Berkeley. A recipient of the College Art Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art and the Charles Lang Freer Medal! an award established by the Smithsonian Institution to honor distinguished career contributions in the history of Asian and Near Eastern Art! he is the author of many books including The Lyric Journey: Poetic Painting in China and Japan and The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China. Klappentext "This is an outstanding piece of work: timely! essential! authoritative! and original. Cahill throws light on obscure artists! emerging styles and regional traditions! unexplored aspects of cultural life! enigmatic iconographies! and questions of authorship and authenticity! leaving the reader richly informed and full of new ideas."-Susan Nelson! Indiana University "Cahill brings the vast body of 'vernacular' painting into the legitimate venue of art historical criticism! giving connoisseurs! viewers! and readers a more capacious and accurate grasp of the world of Chinese pictorial art."-Susan Mann! author of The Talented Women of the Zhang Family Zusammenfassung Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments ONE Recognizing Vernacular Painting TWO Studio Artists in Cities and Court THREE Adoptions from the West FOUR The Artists’ Repertories FIVE Beautiful Women and the Courtesan Culture Conclusion Appendix: Poem by Zhou Qi Glossary List of Chinese Names and Terms Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index ...
