Pictures for Use and Pleasure: Vernacular Painting in High Qing China - James Cahill - Books - University of California Press - 9780520258570 - September 1, 2010
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James Cahill
Pictures for Use and Pleasure: Vernacular Painting in High Qing China

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Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history.

280 pages, 122 color illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 1, 2010
ISBN13 9780520258570
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 280
Dimensions 216 × 257 × 31 mm   ·   1.44 kg

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