This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors. Furthermore, this book analyzes the genre’s imagery as well as the poems in their historical context and explains how the paintings contributed to distinctively cosmopolitan Qing imagery that also drew upon European visual styles. Roslyn Lee Hammers contends that technologically-informed imagery was not merely didactic imagery to teach viewers how to grow rice or produce silk. The Qing emperors invested in paintings of labor to substantiate the permanence of the dynasty and to promote the well-being of the people under Manchu governance. The book includes English translations of the poems of the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving as well as other documents that have not been brought together in translation. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Chinese history, Chinese studies, history of science and technology, book history, labor history, and Qing history.
| ISBN: | 9780367335687 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 2021 |
| Author: | Roslyn Lee University of Hong Kong Hammers |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 292 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
History of art Paintings and painting Regional / International studies Asian history History Colonialism and imperialism |
This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors. Furthermore, this book analyzes the genre’s imagery as well as the poems in their historical context and explains how the paintings contributed to distinctively cosmopolitan Qing imagery that also drew upon European visual styles. Roslyn Lee Hammers contends that technologically-informed imagery was not merely didactic imagery to teach viewers how to grow rice or produce silk. The Qing emperors invested in paintings of labor to substantiate the permanence of the dynasty and to promote the well-being of the people under Manchu governance. The book includes English translations of the poems of the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving as well as other documents that have not been brought together in translation. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Chinese history, Chinese studies, history of science and technology, book history, labor history, and Qing history.
The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China features in the following genres: History of art, Paintings and painting, Regional / International studies, Asian history, History, Colonialism and imperialism
The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China is available in Hardback
The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China was written by Roslyn Lee University of Hong Kong Hammers and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China has 292 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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