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The Life of a Patron: Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672) and the Painters of Seventeenth-Century China

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The Life of a Patron: Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672) and the Painters of Seventeenth-Century China - Kim, Hongnam
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This volume celebrates Zhou Lianggong's legacy to the study of 17th-century Chinese painting. A high government official, Zhou Lianggong was unlike other typical connoisseurs of that period. Instead of seeking out works by great artists of the past, he focused on contemporary painters as well as seal carvers. Concerned with perserving their names in history, he recorded their biographies which he compiled in his books Da Hua Lu (Lives of Painters) and Yinren Zhuan (Lives of Seal Carvers). In this richly illustrated catalog ...

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The Life of a Patron: Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672) and the Painters of Seventeenth-Century China 1996, China Institute Gallery, China Institute in America, New York

ISBN-13: 9780965427005

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