Hua Yan (1682-1756) and the Making of the Artist in Early Modern China

by Kristen L. Chiem

Hua Yan (1682-1756) and the Making of the Artist in Early Modern China explores the relationships between the artist, local society, and artistic practice during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Arranged as an investigation of the artist Hua Yan's work at a pivotal moment in eighteenth-century society, this book considers his paintings and poetry in early eighteenth-century Hangzhou, mid-eighteenth-century Yangzhou, and finally their nineteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004427635
• ISBN13: 9789004427631
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 240 Pages