Author | Clunas, Craig |
Place | Honolulu |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
Language | English |
Type | Book |
Shelf | Hallway Cases |
Call Number | DS753.2.C58 2007 |
Description | 288 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm. |
Note | Empire of great brightness : visual and material cultures of Ming China, 1368-1644 / Craig Clunas. Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-274) and index.
Contents: Time, space and agency in Ming China -- Sitting and roaming: cultures of direction and movement -- The word on the streets: cultures of text -- Pictures in the Chinese encyclopaedia: image, category, and knowledge -- Pleasure, play and excess -- Dark warriors: cultures of violence -- 'Walking with a staff': ageing and death -- Remnant subjects: afterlives of Ming visual and material culture. |
ISBN | 9780824831493 |
LCCN | 2006024694 |