authenticity publications metropolitan late-nineteenth

books:

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008

Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late-17th-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. An artist of protean talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis of historical landscape styles that constituted one of the greatest artistic innovations of late imperial China. ...

Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei

2 reviews
Wen Fong, James C. Y. Watt

Harry N Abrams, 1996

A collection of excellent articles
This book was published not only as a catalogue for the great exhibition "Splendors of Imperial China", also as a collection of excellent articles by leading scholars in the field of Chinese art and cultural history. Some of the most precious items selected for the exhibition eventually were not able to make it to the United States, nontheless they are included in the book(now you get a chance to ...

Along the Riverbank: Chinese Paintings from the C.C. Wang Family Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
Maxwell K. Hearn, Wen C. Fong

HNA Books, 1999

First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting: The Admonitions Scroll
Shane McCausland

George Braziller, 2003

Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies is widely considered one of the most important early Chinese scroll paintings in existence. Inspired by a text from the third century AD. that warns against the dangers of personal ambitions and the abuse of power, the scroll upholds Confucian standards of honorable behavior. Central to these standards are the Five Human Relationships: duty between ruler and subject, love between father and ...

Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Chinese Painting from the Robert H. ...
Wen C. Fong

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001

During a crucial period from the 1860s to about 1980, Chinese painting was transformed into a modern expression of its classical heritage. This book draws on a selection of modern Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in order to explore this period, discussing issues of modernity and creativity in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Chinese painting. Wen C. Fong deals ...

Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Painting
Judith Smith

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999

Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2 reviews
Amelia Peck, James Parker, ...

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1996

Beautiful book!
This book is one of the most helpful architecture and furniture books I have found. The met has put together a wide variety of periods and locations to let us look into the rooms of times past. The pictures are stunning and the descriptions are very informative.

Returning Home
Wen Fong

George Braziller, 1982

Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-Chi

1 review
Robert A. Rorex

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975

Lao's review
It is most unfortunate that this book is no longer in print. It is an illustrated story of Lady Wen Chi, who was abducted from her home in China in 195 CE, and taken into Inner Mongolia where she became the wife of a nomadic chieftain. By the time she was found and ransomed, she was forced to choose between her husband and children in a land which she hated, or to return to her homeland. The ...