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The eternal feast : banqueting in Chinese art from the 10th to the 14th century

Title
The eternal feast : banqueting in Chinese art from the 10th to the 14th century / Zoe S. Kwok.
Author
Kwok, Zoe S.
Publication
  • Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
Princeton University. Art Museum, host institution.
Description
196 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
An overview of Chinese culture, particularly visions of life and the afterlife, told through feast imagery from three historically transformative dynasties. Feasting was an important social and ritual activity in China beginning in the Bronze Age, and cuisine retains a strong cultural significance to this day. This book focuses on feasting in the 10th through 14th centuries, examining Chinese paintings of feasts from the Song (960-1279), Liao (907-1125), and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties. Feast images, more so than works from any other painting genre, depict scenes from the past, the present, and the afterlife alike. More specifically, as author Zoe S. Kwok explains in the book's insightful text, they portray a continuum between life and what lies beyond it; this volume is the first to make such a connection. Full-color plates highlight a rare group of paintings as well as complementary ceramic, metal, stone, and textile objects, and the nearly fifty individual catalogue entries touch on diverse topics-not only food and drink but dance, music, costume, burial practices, artistic patronage, and more.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • "This book is published on the occassion of the exhibition The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to 14th Century. Prince University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey October 19, 2019-February 16, 2020."--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.
Call Number
JQF 20-75
ISBN
  • 9780300246902
  • 0300246900
  • 9780943012254 ‡q (Princeton University Art Museum) (canceled/invalid)
  • 0943012252 ‡q (Princeton University Art Museum) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
1090429345
Author
Kwok, Zoe S., author.
Title
The eternal feast : banqueting in Chinese art from the 10th to the 14th century / Zoe S. Kwok.
Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.
Chronological Term
960-1368
Added Author
Princeton University. Art Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 20-75
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