The Double Screen
Subtitle: Medium and Representation in Chinese Painting
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780226360737
Subjects: Art techniques & materials; Oriental art; Painting & paintings; Ancient Oriental Art; Painting Of Specific Subjects; Art & Art Instruction; Art; China; History - General; Art / History / General; Asian; Techniques - Painting; Screen painting, Chinese; Themes, motives
First sentence: A passage from the Xuanhe huapu, the painting collection catalogue of the Song dynasty Emperor Huizong (r. 1101-26), recounts the creation of Gu Hongzhong's tenth-century masterpiece, the Night Entertainment of Han Xizai (illus. 13): Gu Hongzhong was from south China and served the Southern Tang emperor Li Yu [r. 961-75] as a court painter.