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Worshiping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits
By
Evelyn S. Rawski and
Jan Stuart
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Stanford Univ Pr
Publication date
July 1, 2001
Pages
216
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780804742634
ISBN-10
0804742634
Dimensions
0.75 by 9.75 by 12.50 in.
Weight
3 lbs.
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$39.50
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university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A lavish pictorial exploration of the artistic, historical, and religious significance of Chinese ancestor portraits commissioned during the Ming and Qing dynasties offers a particular study of the collections from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Smithsonian. Simultaneous.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Despite their compelling presence and often exquisite quality, Chinese ancestor portraits have never been studied as a genre. This richly illustrated book (85 portraits in full color, 81 in black and white) is the first to explore in depth the artistic, historical, and religious significance of these remarkable paintings and to place them in context with other types of commemorative portraiture. Since the sixteenth century, portraits were commissioned in China in great number and variety. Depictions of individual men and women range from formal, iconic poses to the very casual, offer fascinating glimpses of Chinese life and culture. The riveting, realistic ancestor portraits supremely powerful likenesses were important objects of veneration, and the practice of making memorial portraits continued into the twentieth century, when paintings were gradually replaced by photographs.
Editions
Hardcover
from Stanford Univ Pr (July 1, 2001)
9780804742627 | details & prices | 216 pages | 9.75 × 12.75 × 0.75 in. | 3.65 lbs | List price $75.00
About: Despite their compelling presence and often exquisite quality, Chinese ancestor portraits have never been studied as a genre.
About: Despite their compelling presence and often exquisite quality, Chinese ancestor portraits have never been studied as a genre.
With Tinsley Randolph Harrison (other contributor), Dan L. Longo (other contributor), Anthony S. Fauci (other contributor), Dennis L. Kasper (other contributor), Stephen L. Hauser (other contributor), Eugene Braunwald (other contributor), Joseph B. Martin (other contributor), Jean D. Wilson (other contributor), Kurt J. Isselbacher (other contributor) |
from McGraw-Hill (August 1, 1997); titled "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine"
9780070202917 | details & prices | 2569 pages | 9.25 × 11.00 × 3.25 in. | 8.90 lbs | List price $125.00
This edition also contains Harrison''s Principles of Internal Medicine
This edition also contains Harrison''s Principles of Internal Medicine
With Tinsley Randolph Harrison (other contributor), Anthony S. Fauci (other contributor) |
14th edition from McGraw-Hill (August 1, 1997); titled "Harrison''s Principles of Internal Medicine"
9780070202924 | details & prices | List price $20.01
This edition also contains Harrison''s Principles of Internal Medicine
This edition also contains Harrison''s Principles of Internal Medicine
Paperback
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from Stanford Univ Pr (July 1, 2001)
9780804742634 | details & prices | 216 pages | 9.75 × 12.50 × 0.75 in. | 3.00 lbs | List price $39.50
About: A lavish pictorial exploration of the artistic, historical, and religious significance of Chinese ancestor portraits commissioned during the Ming and Qing dynasties offers a particular study of the collections from the Arthur M.
About: A lavish pictorial exploration of the artistic, historical, and religious significance of Chinese ancestor portraits commissioned during the Ming and Qing dynasties offers a particular study of the collections from the Arthur M.
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