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Defining Yongle Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China

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ISBN-10: 0300107153

ISBN-13: 9780300107159

Edition: 2005

Authors: James C. Y. Watt, Denise Patry Leidy

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The Yongle Emperor (1403-1424) was considered the most powerful, effective and extravagant ruler of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Major military campaigns and unprecedented maritime expeditions marked his reign. Yongle is also credited with moving the capital from the south to the northern capital of Beijing.
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 104
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Denise Patry Leidy is curator of the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She is the author of numerous articles, and coauthor, with Robert A. F. Thurman, of Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment.

Director's foreword
Yongle and the arts of China
Decorative arts
Buddhist art