Empresses, art, and agency in Song dynasty China
By: Hui-shu Lee.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295989631
Subjects: Women art patrons -- China; Art patronage -- China; Sex role in art; Women -- China -- History -- To 1500; Art, Chinese -- Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368; China -- Kings and rulers -- Art patronage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Promoting palindromes: imperial women and creativity in China; title: Empress Liu and sage mother worship; title: Imperial women and the art of writing; title: Empress Wu and the aesthetics of worthiness; title: Empress Yang and the art of expression; title: Epilogue. The way of water.