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Mirror of morality : Chinese narrative illustration and Confucian ideology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Julia K. (Art historian)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Art > Political aspects > China.
Art and morals > China.
Narrative painting, Chinese.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The social status of narrative illustration in China
  • Redrawing the concept of Chinese narrative illustration
  • Early narrative illustration and moral suasion
  • New strategies for narrative illustration in the post-Han period
  • Institutionalizing narrative illustration under the Tang dynasty
  • Turning points and competing values
  • Later narrative illustration at court : legitimation
  • Remonstrance, and indoctrination
  • Narrative illustration outside the court : persuasion, pleasure, prestige, and piety
  • Epilogue.