Accumulating culture
Subtitle: the collections of Emperor Huizong
By: Patricia Buckley Ebrey.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9780295987781
Subjects: Song Huizong, -- Emperor of China, -- 1082-1135 -- Art collections; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- China; China -- Kings and rulers -- Art collections
Description: This is an illustrated examination of a collection of Chinese calligraphy, paintings, bronzes, and many other objects amassed by the Song dynasty emperor Huizong (1082-1135). It contributes to a rethinking of the cultural side of Chinese imperial rule and of the court as a patron of scholars and the arts.
Notes: "A China Program book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.