Decoded Messages Symbolic Language (11 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library with normal markings. Hard cover with dust jacket. Normal cover and page wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good oversized paperback. Overall a bright and attractive copy. Scattered pencil marks throughout, though the majority of the text is clean and bright. No markings to the illustrations. 271 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. NEAR FINE in wraps, entirely free of any former owner marking.

paperback. Condition: Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Clothbound with dust jacket. 26x30cm. 271pp. As new.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animalsâ symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sungâs exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting. Distinct symbolic meanings were associated with individual motifs, but all animals were assigned a place in the universe according to the Chinese concept of nature. From the very early yin/yang cosmology to later developments of Daoist and Confucian philosophies and ethics, Chinese animals gained new meanings related to their historical contexts. This book explores these new findings, using the colorful animal images and their rich and evolving symbolic meanings to gain insight into unique aspects of Chinese art, as well as Chinese culture and history. …

1st edition hardback with dust jacket New book quarto xv + 271pp., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, 'During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sung's exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting'.…