Mirror of morality

Murray, Julia K.

Mirror of morality Chinese narrative illustration and Confucian ideology / [electronic resource] : Julia K. Murray. - Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2007. - xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index.

The social status of narrative illustration in China -- Redrawing the concept of Chinese narrative illustration -- Early narrative illustration and moral suasion -- New strategies for narrative illustration in the post-Han period -- Institutionalizing narrative illustration under the Tang dynasty -- Turning points and competing values -- Later narrative illustration at court : legitimation -- Remonstrance, and indoctrination -- Narrative illustration outside the court : persuasion, pleasure, prestige, and piety -- Epilogue.


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2008.
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Narrative painting, Chinese.
Art and morals--China.
Art--Political aspects--China.


Electronic books.

ND1452.C6 / M87 2007eb

759.951