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Eulogy for Burying a Crane

Eulogy for Burying a Crane and the Art of Chinese Calligraphy (University of Washington Press, 2019)

Author Lei Xue discusses how the art of writing in China became canonical through preservation in multiple mediums, as well as the many afterlives of a 6th century classic.

key themes
  • Calligraphy, brush arts, and word-and-image
  • Canon
further reading
  • Robert E. Harrist, Jr, The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008)
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Hua Yan

Hua Yan (1682-1756) and the Making of the Artist in Early Modern China (Brill, 2020)

Author Kristen Loring Brennan discusses painting and social status in eighteenth-century China.

key themes
  • Gender and identity
  • Calligraphy, brush arts, and word-and-image
  • Landscape, gardens, and environment
  • Art market and commerce
  • Social status
  • Canon
further reading
  • Ginger Cheng-chi Hsu, A Bushel of Pearls: Painting for Sale in Eighteenth-century Yangchow (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001)
  • Tobie S. Meyer-Fong, Building Culture in Early Qing Yangzhou (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003)
  • Yeewan Koon, A Defiant Brush: Su Renshan and the Politics of Painting in Early 19th-Century Guangdong (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2014)