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The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780231081801
 
With Ann Landi | from Schirmer Books (July 1, 2002); titled "Schirmer Encyclopedia of Art"
9780028656854 | details & prices | List price $55.01
This edition also contains Schirmer Encyclopedia of Art
About: An introduction to the visual arts and visual culture offers alphabetical entries covering artists, genres, and movements.
from Columbia Univ Pr (March 1, 1994)
9780231081801 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.30 lbs | List price $81.00
About: Discusses the economic, political, and social conditions of artists in China, describing their place in its hierarchical structure
Paperback
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from Columbia Univ Pr (April 1, 1995)
9780231081818 | details & prices | 8.50 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $45.00
About: In The Painter's Practice, James Cahill reveals the intricacies of the painter's life with respect to payment and patronage--an approach that is still largely absent from the study of East Asian art.