Painting and Private Life in Eleventh-Century China: Mountain Villa by Li Gonglin by Robert E. Harrist Jr. textiles first published in 2007

first published in 2007

This charming and modest autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion house

with "Near Infrared Reflectography" - a technique that penetrates the surface paint to reveal underdrawings and earlier design iterations - we can see Kane's thinking while struggling with his studio compositions

couple spots to back cover)

ISBN-10: 0520242106 / ISBN-13: 9780520242104

Painting and Private Life in Eleventh-Century China: Mountain Villa by Li Gonglin by Robert E. Harrist Jr. textiles first published in 2007Painting and Private Life in Eleventh Century China: Mountain Villa by Li Gonglin by Robert E. Harrist Jr. 4to. pp. xvii, 164 + plates. 41 illustrations. bibliography. index. hardcover. dw. (fine condition). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. ISBN 10: 0691016097 ISBN 13: 9780691016092 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ In the eleventh century, the focus of Chinese painting shifted