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Visual and Material Cultures in Middle Period China: 137 (Sinica Leidensia, 137) - Hardcover

Patricia Buckley Ebrey; Susan Shih-shan Huang

 
9789004348981: Visual and Material Cultures in Middle Period China: 137 (Sinica Leidensia, 137)

Synopsis

Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tombs and ceramics to Buddhist paintings and colophons on calligraphies. The essays connect visual materials to funeral and religious practices, drama, poetry, literati life, travel, and trade.

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About the Author

Patricia Buckley Ebrey is Professor of History at the University of Washington. A specialist in Song history, her forays into Song visual and material culture include Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong (2008) and Emperor Huizong (2014). Shih-shan Susan Huang is Associate Professor Art History at Rice University (PhD., Yale University). An art historian specializing in Daoist and Buddhist visual cultures, she is the author of Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China (2012).

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