Arts of the Sung and Yuan: Papers prepared for an international symposium organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Teipei
Softcover
1996 · New York
by Hearn, Maxwell K. and Judith G. Smith
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. Softcover. VG, clean and tight but for pencil occasional pencil underlining in one chapter and light rubbing to covers.. Illus. wraps with white lettering on black spine. 373 pp. with bw figures numbered within each chapter. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of March 1996 to April 1997, held in 4 US locations. Includes list of contributors to the symposium, a chronology of dynastic China, and the contents, divided into 6 sections: Ritual, Function, and Decorative Arts; New Directions in Northern Sung Culture; Politics, Society, and Culture; Religion and Cross-Cultural Influences; Interaction of Literati and Court Ideals; and Issues of Style and Meaning. With a glossary. The chapter with underlining is Maggie Bickford's "The Painting of Flowers and Birds in Sung-Yuan China. (Inventory #: 147273)