Zhao Mengfu: Calligraphy and Painting for Khubilai's China
Synopsis:The book challenges stereotypes portraying Zhao Mengfu as a traitor or careerist. The historical background of dynastic change and Mongol rule is treated in a revisionist manner that aims to contextualize the traditional Chinese hostility towards Zhao Mengfu as a Yuan scholar-official.
ISBN:9789888028573
Language:English
Author:Shane McCausland
Author Biography:Shane McCausland is Senior Lecturer in Chinese art in the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London.
