Translating Practical Knowledge: Three Theories of Portraiture from the Mid-Qing Dynasty

Author(s):
Klasing, Chen M.
Published
2017
Publication type
Part of book or chapter of book

Abstract

This essay discusses three Chinese treatises on portraiture techniques written during the 18th century and how the authors codified practical knowledge.

Chinese art historyportraiturepractical knowledgejue
Date issued
2017
Publisher
Berlin: Museum für Asiatische Kunst (SMB), Michael Imhof Verlag
Is part of
Faces of China: Portrait Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368–1912) (2017), p. 75-84
hdl
1887/58467