Art as History: Calligraphy and Painting as One

by Wen C. Fong

This richly illustrated book provides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Wen Fong helped create the field of East Asian art history during a distinguished five-decade career at Princeton University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Few if any writers in English have such a broad knowledge of the history and practice of Chinese painting and calligraphy. In this collection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691162492
• ISBN13: 9780691162492
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.8" x 11.3"