James Cahill explores the radiant painting of that tumultuous era when the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China dramatically changed the lives and thinking of artists and intellectuals. Over 250 illustrations, including 12 color plates, are drawn from collections in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.
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James Cahill explores the radiant painting of that tumultuous era when the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China dramatically changed the lives and thinking of artists and intellectuals. Over 250 illustrations, including 12 color plates, are drawn from collections in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.
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Good. Nature and Style in Seventeenth-Century Chinese Painting. 250 pp., 4to. Paperback. Filled w/ b&w plates. Moderate rubbing, creasing, soiling & edgewear to covers & spine; dampstain on rear cover fore edge that goes through 1/4 of interior. Binding sturdy. Some dampstaining/soiling to textblock edges. Rrep missing fore cornes & has small Chinese pencil characters, dampstain wrinkling scattered to rest of mostly clean interior.
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Very Good+ 0674152816. This book is in mostly excellent condition. It is a clean copy, with no writing, no highlighting, and no marks inside.; Charles Eliot Norton Lectures; Black & White Illustrations; 11.4 X 8.5 X 0.8 inches; 262 pages.
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VG+. light edge-wear to covers. previous owners name to cover flyleaf. clean & bright interior. tight binding. Grey illus. wraps; 250 pp.; Profusely illustrated with mostly bw plates, a few color. The Charles Eliot Norton lectures as delivered at Harvard University in 1979.
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Very Good. Text and images are unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square; the spine is creased. Covers show some edgewear and the lower corner of the front cover is creased. Overseas/Priority shipping at cost. 250pp.