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Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China Hardcover - 2013
by Craig Clunas
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- Title Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China
- Author Craig Clunas
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press
- Date 2013
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780824838522 / 0824838521
- Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
- Dimensions 9.9 x 7.7 x 1 in (25.15 x 19.56 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Art, Chinese - Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912, Art patronage - China - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013017027
- Dewey Decimal Code 709.51
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Hardback. New. Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy - relatives of the emperors - in Ming dynasty China (1368-1644). Through an analysis of their patronage of architecture, calligraphy, painting and other art forms, and through a study of the contents of their splendid and recently excavated tombs, this innovative study puts the aristocracy back at the heart of accounts of China's culture, from which they have been excluded until very recently. Screen of Kings challenges much of the received wisdom about Ming China. Craig Clunas sheds new light on many familiar artworks, as well as works that have never before been reproduced. New archaeological discoveries have furnished the author with evidence of the lavish and spectacular lifestyles of these provincial princes and demonstrate how central the imperial family was to the high culture of the Ming era. Written by the leading specialist in the art and culture of the Ming…
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