The Figurative Works of Chen Hongshou (1599-1652)

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The Figurative Works of Chen Hongshou (1599-1652) is written by Tamara Heimarck Bentley and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754666727 (ISBN 10) and 9780754666721 (ISBN 13).

Despite the importance of Chen Hongshou (1599-1652) as an artist and scholar of the late Ming period, until now no full length study in English has focused on his work. Author Tamara H. Bentley takes a broadly interdisciplinary approach, treating Chen's oeuvre in relation to literary themes and economic changes, and linking these larger concerns to visual analyses. In so doing, Bentley sheds new light not only on Chen, but also on an important cultural moment in the first half of the seventeenth century, when Chinese scholar artists began to direct their work towards anonymous public markets.