Old Masters Repainted: Wu Zhen (1280-1354), Prime Objects and Accretions

by Joan Stanley-Baker

Old Masters Repainted is art history at its most basic, formalist level, and the first in-depth exposition of the nature and function of posthumous attributions in Chinese painting. In a revolutionary case study on the Yuan dynasty Daoist recluse Wu Zhen (1280 - 1354), Stanley-Baker methodically excavates from a group of attributions the true identity of the master, illumines the nature and quality of his unique brilliance, and exposes the roles and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622093027
• ISBN13: 9789622093027
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 562 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher