Han And T'Ang Murals: Discovered In Tombs In The People's Republic Of China And Copied By Contemporary Chinese Painters
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Long before the renaissance of Western art, Chinese painters of the Han and T'ang dynasties were producing breathtaking murals deep within the chambers of imperial tombs — works of astonishing vitality that lay hidden for centuries beneath the earth. Han and T'ang Murals: Discovered in Tombs in the People's Republic of China and Copied by Contemporary Chinese Painters presents a remarkable collection of these ancient works, meticulously documented and reproduced through the skilled hands of modern Chinese painters, offering readers an extraordinary window into the aesthetic and spiritual world of dynastic China. The volume chronicles the painstaking process by which these rare images — depicting processions, mythological beasts, and scenes of courtly life — were preserved and transmitted for scholarly and artistic study. Authored by Jan Fontein and Wu Tung, two pre-eminent scholars in the field of Asian art, the text brings rigorous academic authority to bear on the visual material, situating these murals within the broader context of Chinese funerary tradition, religious belief, and painterly convention. Published under the auspices of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a landmark work in the study of early Chinese art — one that raises as many questions about artistic legacy and cultural memory as it answers.
Author: Jan Fontein And Wu Tung
Format: Paperback
Published: 1976, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the renaissance of Western art, Chinese painters of the Han and T'ang dynasties were producing breathtaking murals deep within the chambers of imperial tombs — works of astonishing vitality that lay hidden for centuries beneath the earth. Han and T'ang Murals: Discovered in Tombs in the People's Republic of China and Copied by Contemporary Chinese Painters presents a remarkable collection of these ancient works, meticulously documented and reproduced through the skilled hands of modern Chinese painters, offering readers an extraordinary window into the aesthetic and spiritual world of dynastic China. The volume chronicles the painstaking process by which these rare images — depicting processions, mythological beasts, and scenes of courtly life — were preserved and transmitted for scholarly and artistic study. Authored by Jan Fontein and Wu Tung, two pre-eminent scholars in the field of Asian art, the text brings rigorous academic authority to bear on the visual material, situating these murals within the broader context of Chinese funerary tradition, religious belief, and painterly convention. Published under the auspices of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a landmark work in the study of early Chinese art — one that raises as many questions about artistic legacy and cultural memory as it answers.