Words and Images: Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting

by Wen C. Fong and Alfreda Murck

Words and Images contains twenty-three essays based on papers presented at an international symposium held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 1985 to celebrate the gifts and promised gifts of Chinese calligraphy and painting from John M. Crawford, Jr. In these essays senior scholars from Asia and America express a wide range of perspectives on an issue that is central to the history of Chinese visual aesthetics--the relationships among poetry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691040966
• ISBN13: 9780691040967
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 5.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.7" x 12.3"