Worshipping the Ancestors : Chinese Commemorative Portraits
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Jan Stuart, Evelyn S. Rawski.
Catalog of an exhibition held June 17-Sept. 9, 2001 at Sackler Gallery.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index.
"Published by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., in association with Stanford University Press, Stanford, California"
Foreword: Milo Cleveland Beach -- Acknowledgments &
Introduction: Jan Stuart -- 1. Portraiture and ancestor rituals -- 2. Visual conventions -- 3. Realism and the Iconic pose -- 4. Nomenclature, production, and documentary value -- 5. Portrait at the Qing Court -- 6. The identity of the sitters -- 7. Innovation within tradition -- Notes -- Appendixes: 1. Other Chinese Portraits in the Collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. 2. Selected Biographies. -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Chinese Characters. Index.
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