Book arts of the sung and yüan yuan art
1 Ritual Functional and Decorative Arts 2 New Directions in Northern Sung Culture3 Politics Society and Culture4 Religion and Cross Cultural Influences 5 Interaction of Literature and Court Ideals Maxwell K Hearn
Arts of the Sung and Y an includes papers prepared for a six session international symposium organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition Splendors of Imperial China Treasures from the National Palace Museum Taipei Our understanding of the art and culture of the Sung and Y an dynasties has expanded and changed dramatically since a similar exhibition took place at the Museum in 1961 62 Chinese Art Treasures consisting of a selection of 231 works also from the National Palace Museum Taipei Given the presence of so many rare early masterpieces from these periods in the Arts of the Sung and Y an exhibition and their formative role in shaping the development of later Chinese culture the Museum has elected to take this opportunity to reexamine with a fresh eye some of the most familiar monuments This volume is dedicated to furthering the principle of cross cultural interchange embodied in the exhibition Just as the 1961 62 exhibition inspired a whole generation of China scholars in the West the exhibition offered a fitting occasion for a group of scholars from Asia Europe and the United States to participate in the scholarly exchange that such a rare opportunity affords Only through interactions that remind us of the diverse points of view and modes of understanding that works of art engender across space time and cultural heritage can new perceptions and interpretive structures evolve This book was originally published in 1996 and has gone out of print This edition is a print on demand version of the original book Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Distributed by Yale University Press Arts of the Sung and Y anAuthor and specialist on Chinese art Currently Curator in Charge of the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitian Museum of Art New York.
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