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Decoded messages : the symbolic language of Chinese animal painting / Hou-mei Sung.

By: Sung, Hou-mei
Contributor(s): Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: New Haven : Cincinnati, Ohio : Yale University Press ; Cincinnati Art Museum, 2009.Description: xv, 271 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9780300141528 (cloth : alk. paper); 0300141521 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780931537356 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0931537355 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Animals in art -- Exhibitions | Symbolism in art -- Exhibitions | Painting, Chinese -- Criticism and interpretation | Painting, Chinese -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 758/.30951
Contents:
Foreword / by Aaron Betsky -- Preface / by Hou-mei Sung -- Chronology -- Introduction / by Hou-mei Sung -- Eagle and hawk -- Crane -- Wild geese -- Pheasant -- Dove/pigeon -- Phoenix -- Dragon -- Tiger -- Horse -- Fish -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- List of artists in exhibition -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Photo credits -- Index.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Asia China ND1383. C6 S88 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 103668
Total holds: 0

Issued in connection with an exhibition held at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-263) and index.

Foreword / by Aaron Betsky -- Preface / by Hou-mei Sung -- Chronology -- Introduction / by Hou-mei Sung -- Eagle and hawk -- Crane -- Wild geese -- Pheasant -- Dove/pigeon -- Phoenix -- Dragon -- Tiger -- Horse -- Fish -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- List of artists in exhibition -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Photo credits -- Index.