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.