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The world of Khubilai Khan Chinese art in the Yuan Dynasty James C.Y. Watt ; with essays by Maxwell K. Hearn, Denise Patry Leidy, Zhixin Jason Sun, John Guy, Joyce Denney, Birgitta Augustin, Nancy S. Steinhardt
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watt, James C. Y., author, curator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368--Exhibitions.
- Art, Chinese.
- Arts, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368--Exhibitions.
- Arts, Chinese.
- Art and society--China--History--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368--Exhibitions.
- Art and society.
- Arts and religion--China--History--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368--Exhibitions.
- Arts and religion.
- Art, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties.
- China.
- Genre:
- Essays
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)
- Other Title:
- Chinese art in the Yuan Dynasty.
- Place of Publication:
- New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Haven Yale University Press [2010]
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- In 1215, the Mongols made their first major incursion into North China and initiated a period of extraordinary creativity in the arts that was encouraged by the confluence of many cultures and ethnic groups. This is a study of the art and culture produced by the Chinese and by the highly skilled craftsmen from Western and Central Asia
- "In 1215, the year Khubilai Khan (1215-1294) was born, the Mongols made their first major incursion into North China, initiating a period of innovation in the arts that had its greatest flowering in the Yuan dynasty, founded by Khubilai in 1271 and lasting until 1568 ... The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, which accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an in-depth discussion of the art and culture produced during this time, tracing the origins of the new art forms and exploring daily life in Yuan China, in particular at the imperial court and in the capital cities of Xanadu (present-day Shangdu) and Dadu (Beijing), and the impact on the arts of Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Hinduism, and Islam. The works of art and the archaeological finds on which the ten essays included in this volume are based are drawn principally from museums in China, with additional loans from museums in Taiwan, Japan, Russia, Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The exhibition and catalogue, conceived and organized by James C. Y. Watt ... illuminate our understanding of both the arts and the material culture of this period, telling the story of the emergence of a new Chinese art in a way that it has never before been told"--From Metropolitan Museum of Art website
- Contents:
- Introduction James C.Y. Watt
- I. Daily life. Dadu : great capital of the Yuan Dynasty Zhixin Jason Sun The architecture of living and dying Nancy S. Steinhardt Mongol dress in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Joyce Denney
- II. Religion. Buddhism and other "foreign" practices in Yuan China Denise Patry Leidy The Daoist image : portrait of the immortal Birgitta Augustin Quanzhou : cosmopolitan city of faiths John Guy
- III. Painting and calligraphy. Painting and calligraphy under the Mongols Maxwell K. Hearn
- IV. Textiles and decorative arts. Textiles in the Mongol and Yuan periods Joyce Denney The decorative arts James C.Y. Watt
- Notes:
- Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 28, 2010-January 2, 2011
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Watt, James C.Y. World of Khubilai Khan
- OCLC:
- 741860064
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