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18%OFFHou-Mei Sung - Decoded Messages: The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting - 9780300141528 - V9780300141528
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Decoded Messages: The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting

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Description for Decoded Messages: The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting Hardback. From the very early yin/yang cosmology to later developments of Daoist and Confucian philosophies and ethics, Chinese animals gained new meanings related to their historical contexts. This book explores these new findings, using the colourful animal images and their evolving symbolic meanings to gain insight into aspects of Chinese art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2020.

During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals’ symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sung’s exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting.

 

Distinct symbolic meanings were associated with individual motifs, but all animals were assigned a place in the universe according to the Chinese concept of nature. From the very early yin/yang cosmology to later developments of Daoist ... Read more

 



Exhibition Schedule:

Cincinnati Museum of Art (October 2009 – February 2010)

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300141528
SKU
V9780300141528
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Hou-Mei Sung
Hou-mei Sung is curator of Asian Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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