Beauty Revealed : Images of Women in Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting / essays by James Cahill, Sarah Handler, and Julia M. White ; entries by Chen Fongfong with contributions by Nancy Berliner and Julia M. White.

This book brings together some of the worlds finest "meiren hua" (paintings of beautiful women), a genre of Chinese painting spanning the countrys last imperial dynasty (1644-1912). Often dismissed as decorative or misinterpreted as highbrow portraits of ladies, these enigmatic and relativ...

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Corporate Author: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Other Authors: Cahill, James, 1926-2014.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Berkeley] : University of California, Berkely Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, [2013]
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Call Number: ND1460.W65 B43 2013
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