New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection

by J. May Lee Barrett, Stephen Little, Janet Carpenter

New Songs on Ancient Tunes presents a sweeping selection of Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the turbulent century between 1850 and 1950. Drawn entirely from the private San Francisco collection of the Reverend Richard Fabian, the works span the years between the Opium War and the Cultural Revolution. The book includes a survey of the bold style of the late nineteenth-century Shanghai School, as contrasted with the conservative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0937426792
• ISBN13: 9780937426791
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 9.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 9.7" x 12.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher