Art, Science, and Diplomacy in French India
A review of Mercantile Aesthetics: Art, Science, and Diplomacy in French India (1664-1761), by Liza Oliver. This dissertation unravels the…
Paintings of Zhong Kuai and Demons in 11th to 14th Century China
A Review of Imagining the Supernatural Grotesque: Paintings of Zhong Kui and Demons in the Late Southern Song (1127-1279) and…
Visual Culture & Artistic Knowledge in Late Mughal Delhi
A review of Art in Between Empires: Visual Culture & Artistic Knowledge in Late Mughal Delhi, 1748-1857, by Yuthika Sharma.…
Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art
A review of Dīpaṅkara Buddha and the Patan Samyak Mahādāna in Nepal: Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art, by…
Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan
A review of Performing Culture: Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan, by Ashton Lazarus. The clatter of binzasara…
Experimental Photography of Ruins in China
A review of Building a History of Experimental Photography of Ruins in Chinese Demolition, by Xavier Ortells-Nicolau. “A philosopher who…
Sketching & Socialist Realist Painting in the Early People’s Republic of China
A review of Drawing from Life: Mass Sketching and the Formation of Socialist Realist Guohua in the Early People’s Republic…
The Horse in Pre-Imperial China
A review of The Horse in Pre-Imperial China, by Xiang Wan This dissertation provides a rich account of the role…
Chinese Images in Late Chosŏn Art
A review of Connecting Across Boundaries: The Use of Chinese Images in Late Chosŏn Court Art from Transcultural and Interdisciplinary…
The Architecture and Spatial Components of Mosques in China
A review of The Traditional Chinese Style Mosque, by Sadiq Javer. The first chapter, also the Introduction, describes the scope…