Poetic paintings--works done in response to lyric poems or as pictorial equivalents to them--compose a major category of East Asian art. In this beautifully illustrated book James Cahill looks at three exemplary traditions in this genre, offering new understanding of the paintings and the societies that produced them.
This study reveals the intricate practices of traditional Chinese painters with respect to patronage. Drawing upon unofficial archival sources, it depicts a world of painting workshops, commissioning agents, studios and payments that ranged from medicine and building materials to rare antiques.
A comprehensive English-language compilation on Chinese painters and their works from the late 6th century through to the mid-14th century. Incorporating the work of Ellen Johnston Laing and Osvald Siren, whom Professor Cahill studied under as a graduate student, the "Index" includes biographical details of the artists, their "style" and "studio" ...
The first in a series of five books on the later history of Chinese painting. The book's story begins in the 13th century during the Mongol conquest of China and the ensuing Yuan dynasty.
The third in a series of five books on the later history of Chinese painting. The book encompasses the decline of the Ming fortunes to the dynasty's final defeat by the Manchus in 1644. The lives and works of 42 of the period's artists are featured.
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