Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China

Name: Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China
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ISBN: 9780824838522

ISBN-10: 0824838521

ISBN-13: 9780824838522

Edition: 2013

Authors: Craig Clunas

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Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy - relatives of the emperors - in Ming dynasty China (1368-1644). Through an analysis of their patronage of architecture, calligraphy, painting and other art forms, and through a study of the contents of their splendid and recently excavated tombs, this innovative study puts the aristocracy back at the heart of accounts of China's culture, from which they have been excluded until very recently. Screen of Kings challenges much of the received wisdom about Ming China. Craig Clunas sheds new light on many familiar artworks, as well as works that have never before been reproduced. New…

Book details

List price: $57.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 232
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English