Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China

by Craig Clunas

Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy - relatives of the emperors - in Ming dynasty China (1368-1644). Through an analysis of their patronage of architecture, calligraphy, painting and other art forms, and through a study of the contents of their splendid and recently excavated tombs, this innovative study puts the aristocracy back at the heart of accounts of China's culture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824838521
• ISBN13: 9780824838522
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 9.9"