Mirror of Morality: Chinese Narrative Illustration and Confucian Ideology 9780824863647
Mirror of Morality takes an interdisciplinary look at an important form of pictorial art produced during two millennia o
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English Pages 208 [224] Year 2007
Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The Social Status of Narrative Illustration in China
1. Redrawing the Concept of Chinese Narrative Illustration
2. Early Narrative Illustration and Moral Suasion
3. New Strategies for Narrative Illustration in the Post-Han Period
4. Institutionalizing Narrative Illustration under the Tang Dynasty
5. Turning Points and Competing Values
6. Later Narrative Illustration at Court: Legitimation, Remonstrance, and Indoctrination
7. Later Narrative Illustration Outside the Court Persuasion, Pleasure, Prestige, and Piety
Epilogue
Notes
Chinese Character Glossary
Bibliography
Credits for Figures and Plates
Index
About the Author
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The Social Status of Narrative Illustration in China
1. Redrawing the Concept of Chinese Narrative Illustration
2. Early Narrative Illustration and Moral Suasion
3. New Strategies for Narrative Illustration in the Post-Han Period
4. Institutionalizing Narrative Illustration under the Tang Dynasty
5. Turning Points and Competing Values
6. Later Narrative Illustration at Court: Legitimation, Remonstrance, and Indoctrination
7. Later Narrative Illustration Outside the Court Persuasion, Pleasure, Prestige, and Piety
Epilogue
Notes
Chinese Character Glossary
Bibliography
Credits for Figures and Plates
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Julia K. Murray
