Throughout the history of imperial China, the educated elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some members of this elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, the titles of paintings, contemporary inscriptions, and the historical context, Alfreda Mur...(展开全部)

Throughout the history of imperial China, the educated elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some members of this elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, the titles of paintings, contemporary inscriptions, and the historical context, Alfreda Mur...(展开全部)

苏立文（MichaelSullivan，1916～2013.09.28），字迈珂，1916年出生于加拿大蒙特利尔，幼年随父母移居英国。英国艺术史家，汉学家，牛津大学荣休院士。苏立文是20世纪第一个系统地向西方世界介绍中国现代美术的西方人，是当代西方中国现代美术史研究的学术泰斗，被称为“20世纪美术领域的马可·波罗”。英国当地时间2013年9月28日，迈克尔·苏立文先生去世，享年97岁。

苏立文（MichaelSullivan，1916～2013.09.28），字迈珂，1916年出生于加拿大蒙特利尔，幼年随父母移居英国。英国艺术史家，汉学家，牛津大学荣休院士。苏立文是20世纪第一个系统地向西方世界介绍中国现代美术的西方人，是当代西方中国现代美术史研究的学术泰斗，被称为“20世纪美术领域的马可·波罗”。英国当地时间2013年9月28日，迈克尔·苏立文先生去世，享年97岁。

Review "Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is very impressive, extremely rich in new information about art and women in the Song. The analysis is sophisticated, theoretically informed, and smart; the prose is smooth, even elegant." Beverly Bossler, University of California, Davis "This is an important book that breaks new ground in several scholarly areas and does...(展开全部)

Review "Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is very impressive, extremely rich in new information about art and women in the Song. The analysis is sophisticated, theoretically informed, and smart; the prose is smooth, even elegant." Beverly Bossler, University of California, Davis "This is an important book that breaks new ground in several scholarly areas and does...(展开全部)

Mi Fu, one of the most celebrated figures in the history of Chinese art, was a prominent calligrapher in eleventh-century China. A member of the educated elite, or literati, he also contributed a great deal to discussions of theoretical issues of function and style in calligraphy, the primary means of graphic expression for the literati. In this book Peter Sturman examines Mi F...(展开全部)

Mi Fu, one of the most celebrated figures in the history of Chinese art, was a prominent calligrapher in eleventh-century China. A member of the educated elite, or literati, he also contributed a great deal to discussions of theoretical issues of function and style in calligraphy, the primary means of graphic expression for the literati. In this book Peter Sturman examines Mi F...(展开全部)

In Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire, Lara Blanchard analyzes images of women in painting and poetry of China’s middle imperial period, focusing on works that represent female figures as preoccupied with romance. She discusses examples of visual and literary culture in regard to their authorship and audience, examining the role of interiority in constructions of gender...(展开全部)

Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. The book strongly influenced art students and aesthetes of the day and is still valuable for...(展开全部)