Brushes with Power: Modern Politics and the Chinese Art of Calligraphy

by Richard Curt Kraus

Book Overview

Chinese calligraphy has traditionally been an emblem of the ruling class and its authority. After a century of mass revolution, what is the fate of this elite art? Richard Kraus explores the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520072855
• ISBN13: 9780520072855
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"