Exquisite moments : West Lake & Southern Song art /  Hui-shu Lee [李慧漱].

Catalog of an exhibition held Sept. 13-Dec. 9, 2001 at the China Institute Gallery.
Text in English with summary in Chinese, and individual title of the arts within catalogue in both English and Chinese.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-148).

The eternal feast : banqueting in Chinese art from the 10th to the 14th century / Zoe S. Kwok.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to 14th Century. Prince University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey October 19, 2019-February 16, 2020"--Title page verso

Foreward / James Christen Steward -- Preface and acknowledgments / Zoe S. Kwok -- Chronology and maps -- Introduction: The feast in the artistic traditions of early China / Zoe S. Kwok -- The feast across three gatherings: Images of banqueting from the 10th to the 14th century / Zoe S. Kwok -- Dining in the afterlife -- Ladies banqueting in seclusion -- Gentlemen feasting as scholarly business -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photography credits.

An overview of Chinese culture, particularly visions of life and the afterlife, told through feast imagery from three historically transformative dynasties. Feasting was an important social and ritual activity in China beginning in the Bronze Age, and cuisine retains a strong cultural significance to this day. This book focuses on feasting in the 10th through 14th centuries, examining Chinese paintings of feasts from the Song (960-1279), Liao (907-1125), and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties. Feast images, more so than works from any other painting genre, depict scenes from the past, the present, and the afterlife alike. More specifically, as author Zoe S. Kwok explains in the book's insightful text, they portray a continuum between life and what lies beyond it; this volume is the first to make such a connection. Full-color plates highlight a rare group of paintings as well as complementary ceramic, metal, stone, and textile objects, and the nearly fifty individual catalogue entries touch on diverse topics-not only food and drink but dance, music, costume, burial practices, artistic patronage, and more.

The world of Khubilai Khan : Chinese art in the Yuan Dynasty / James C.Y. Watt ; with contributions by Maxwell K. Hearn [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 28, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.

Introduction / James C.Y. Watt -- I. Daily life. Dadu : great capital of the Yuan Dynasty / Zhixin Jason Sun -- The architecture of living and dying / Nancy S. Steinhardt -- Mongol dress in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries / Joyce Denney -- II. Religion. Buddhism and other "foreign" practices in Yuan China / Denise Patry Leidy -- The Daoist image : portrait of the immortal / Birgitta Augustin -- Quanzhou : cosmopolitan city of faiths / John Guy -- III. Painting and calligraphy. Painting and calligraphy under the Mongols / Maxwell K. Hearn -- IV. Textiles and decorative arts. Textiles in the Mongol and Yuan periods / Joyce Denney -- The decorative arts / James C.Y. Watt.

In 1215, the Mongols made their first major incursion into North China & initiated a period of extraordinary creativity in the arts that was encouraged by the confluence of many cultures & ethnic groups. This is a study of the art & culture produced by the Chinese & by the highly skilled craftsmen from Western & Central Asia.