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The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll
The Chinese picture-scroll, a long painting or calligraphic work held within a horizontal scrolling mount, has been China's pre-eminent aesthetic format for the last two millennia. This first extended history of the picture-scroll explores its extraordinary longevity, and its adaptability to social, political and technological change. The book describes what the picture-scroll demands of a view…
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The Mongol CenturyVisual Cultures of Yuan China, 1260-1368
The Mongol Century explores the visual world of Chinas Yuan dynasty (12711368), the spectacular but relatively short-lived regime founded by Khubilai Khan, regarded as the pre-eminent khanate of the Mongol empire. This book illuminates the Yuan era full of conflicts and complex interactions between Mongol power and Chinese heritage by delving into the visual history of its culture, consider…
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- 9781780234045
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