The upright brush : Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy and Song literati politics
The author sets out to discover why the calligraphist Yan Zhenqing became eminent in the history of calligraphy. She explores Yan Zhenqing's work, and the later political actions taken by men of the Song dynasty who had studied him
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xvii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780824819224, 9780824820022, 0824819225, 0824820029
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1989) under the title: The politics of calligraphic style in China