| Visual and Material Cultures in Middle Period China Contributor(s): Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, Huang, Susan Shih-Shan |
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ISBN: 9004348980 ISBN-13: 9789004348981 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $56.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: Sinica Leidensia |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.80 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tomb design, metalware, ceramic pillows, and bronze mirrors, to printed illustrations, calligraphic rubbings, colophons, and paintings on Buddhist, landscape, and narrative themes. Questions addressed include how artists and artisans made their works, the ways both popular literature and market forces could shape ways of looking, and how practices and imagery spread across regions. The authors connect visual materials to funeral and religious practices, drama, poetry, literati life, travel, and trade, showing ways visual images and practices reflected, adapted to, and reproduced the culture and society around them. Readers will gain a stronger appreciation of the richness of the visual and material cultures of Middle Period China. |