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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821952703321

Autore

Clunas Craig

Titolo

Screen of kings : royal art and power in Ming China / / Craig Clunas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books Ltd, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-78023-140-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

709.51

Soggetti

Art, Chinese - Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912

Aristocracy (Social class) - China - History

Art patronage - China - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China; Imprint Page; Contents; One: 'A Fence and a Screen'; Two: The Kingly Landscape; Three: The Writing of the King of Jin; Four: The Painting of the King of Zhou; Five: The Jewels of the King of Liang; Six: The Bronzes of the King of Lu; Seven: Remembered Lanterns; Map of Locations; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""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 n