Mi Fu
Subtitle: Style and the Art of Calligraphy in Northern Song China
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300065695
Subjects: Biography: general; Lettering & calligraphy; Calligraphy; Art; Art & Art Instruction; China; Asia - General; Asian; Techniques - Calligraphy; Art / Calligraphy; Mi, Fu; Techniques - General; 1051-1107; Calligraphy, Chinese; Criticism and interpretation; History; Mi, Fu,; Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368
Description: Mi Fu, one of the most celebrated figures in the history of Chinese art, was a prominent calligrapher in eleventh-century China. In this book Peter Sturman examines Mi Fu's calligraphy within the framework of the artist's fascinating life, the Northern Song culture in which he lived, and the literati theory of art he helped to formulate.