Shaping Chinese art history : Pang Yuanji and his painting collection /
"Pang Yuanji (1864-1949) was the collector from China with not only the largest number of high-quality antique paintings but also the most comprehensive and scholarly record of his collection. This is the first study that takes the innovative and unique approach to collection analysis by quanti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst, New York :
Cambria Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Cambria sinophone world series.
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| Summary: | "Pang Yuanji (1864-1949) was the collector from China with not only the largest number of high-quality antique paintings but also the most comprehensive and scholarly record of his collection. This is the first study that takes the innovative and unique approach to collection analysis by quantifying Pang's collection and comparing it to a selection of contemporaneous private collectors. In doing so, it shows how their tastes and interests were all shaped by the same Qing canon. More broadly, it explains that Pang did not merely absorb this canon, but then also purposefully and systematically used it and his collection to protect China's traditions into an uncertain future"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 301 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604979916 1604979917 |