Overview
The subject of this volume is the social and cultural history of Chinese art collecting during the early years of Mongol rule in China (the Yuan dynasty, 1276-1368). At the core of the study is a complete translation of the ""Record of Clouds and Mist Passing Before One's Eyes"" (Yunyan guoyan Iu), an art catalogue written by the Song dynasty loyalist Zhou Mi (1232-1298). This text contains detailed records of more than 40 private art collections that the author saw in Hangzhou between 1275 and 1296. The volume also includes a scholarly introduction, annotations and appendices, designed to help broaden the reader's understanding of the early care and transmission of artworks, the social dimensions of art collecting, and the development of a multiethnic society in Yuan China.
Full Product Details
Author: Ankeney Weitz
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Edition: annotated edition
Volume: 54
Dimensions:
Width: 16.60cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 24.30cm
Weight: 0.861kg
ISBN: 9789004126053
ISBN 10: 9004126058
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 25 June 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'...a stimulating and well-documented discussion of art collecting in late-thirteenth century China.' Julia K. Murray, CAA Reviews, 2004. 'In this authoritative and amply explicated version, Zhou Mi's Record of Clouds and Mist suggests many ideas for further inquiry and lends itself to a range of historical studies. Weitz's own thought-provoking discussion of its bearing on collecting and the art market, of social and economic history, should be the first of many.' Susan E. Nelson, Artibus Asiae, 2004. '...Weitz's book engages us in a new view of collecting culture in the artistic and social contexts of thirteenth-century China...This pubication solidly advances modern scholaship on the course of Chinese art and painting.' Diana Yeongchau Chou, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2003.
...a stimulating and well-documented discussion of art collecting in late-thirteenth century China. - Julia K. Murray, in: CAA Reviews (2004) In this authoritative and amply explicated version, Zhou Mi's Record of Clouds and Mist suggests many ideas for further inquiry and lends itself to a range of historical studies. Weitz's own thought-provoking discussion of its bearing on collecting and the art market, of social and economic history, should be the first of many. - Susan E. Nelson, in: Artibus Asiae (2004) ...Weitz's book engages us in a new view of collecting culture in the artistic and social contexts of thirteenth-century China... This pubication solidly advances modern scholaship on the course of Chinese art and painting. - Diana Yeongchau Chou, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society (2003)
Author Information
Ankeney Weitz, Ph.D. (1994) in History of Art, University of Kansas, is Assistant Professor of Art and East Asian Studies at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. She has published several works on the art market and art collecting during the early Yuan dynasty, including: Notes on the Early Yuan Antique Art Market in Hangzhou, Ars Orientalis 27 (1997).
