About this title: 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.
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Near Fine; Harvard Univ Pr; 2002; Softcover; Slightest of wear to cover corners. 0674009673. Illustrated-b/w. "Poetic paintings-works done in response to lyric poems, or else as pictorial equivalents to them-compose a major categore of East Asian art. " 2002 second printing.; 4to; 250 pp. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780674539709ISBN:0674539702
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket., very small bit of edge-wear to back panel of dj. no other flaws-clean, no writing or markings, tightly bound.; x-251pp., 8 color plates. 153 b/w illustrations. the edwin o. reischauer lectures, 1993. art and literature in china and japan. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780674009677ISBN:0674009673
Description: New. Creating paintings with poetic resonances, sometimes with ties to specific lines of poetry, is a practice that began in China in the eleventh century, the Northern Sung period. Cahill vividly surveys its first great flowering among artists working in... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2002-11-30
ISBN-13:9780674009677ISBN:0674009673
Description: Very Good. Book is in great condition! ! Looks almost new! ! Cover has light edge wear but pages are clean with no visible marks. FAST SHIPPING W/USPS TRACKING! ! ! read more
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
