Art by the book
Subtitle: painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China
By: J. P. Park
Edition: 1st.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Seattle [Wash.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295991764
Subjects: Art and society; History; Chinese Painting; Handbooks, manuals; Social life and customs
Other titles: Painting manuals and the leisure life in late Ming China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology of Chinese dynasties; title: Introduction. William Shakespeare, a great painter?; title: Genre and biography; title: Words without images; title: Portraits of the characteristic; title: Icons of love and marginality; title: The art of being artistic; title: Coda. The late Ming at the crossroads; title: Appendix 1. Locations and editions of late Ming painting manuals; title: Appendix 2. Lost manuals and albums of the Ming dynasty.