Herri met de Bles
Subtitle: studies and explorations of the world landscape tradition
By: edited by Norman E. Muller, Betsy J. Rosasco, and James H. Marrow.
Contributors: Muller, Norman E.; Rosasco, Betsy.; Marrow, James H.; Princeton University. Art Museum
Publisher: Brepols; Art Museum, Princeton University
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium; Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Bles, Henri, -- 16th cent,
Other titles: Studies and explorations of the world landscape tradition
Description: An overview of Chinese culture, particularly visions of life and the afterlife, told through feast imagery from three historically transformative dynasties. Feasting was an important social and ritual activity in China beginning in the Bronze Age, and cuisine retains a strong cultural significance to this day. This book focuses on feasting in the 10th through 14th centuries, examining Chinese paintings of feasts from the Song (960-1279), Liao (907-1125), and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties. Feast images, more so than works from any other painting genre, depict scenes from the past, the present, and the afterlife alike. More specifically, as author Zoe S. Kwok explains in the book's insightful text, they portray a continuum between life and what lies beyond it; this volume is the first to make such a connection. Full-color plates highlight a rare group of paintings as well as complementary ceramic, metal, stone, and textile objects, and the nearly fifty individual catalogue entries touch on diverse topics-not only food and drink but dance, music, costume, burial practices, artistic patronage, and more.
Notes: "The papers in this volume were presented at a symposium at Princeton University on October 13-14, 1995, in conjunction with the exhibition 'Anatomy of a Painting: The Road to Calvary by Herri met de Bles,' at The Art Museum, Princeton University, from October 10 through November 26, 1995"--T.p. verso.

In English; one paper in French.