Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe by Wang, Cheng-Hua
Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe by Wang, Cheng-Hua

Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe

Qingming shanghe (Up the River during Qingming), dubbed China's Mona Lisa, is a painting whose primordial version...
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Author: Cheng-Hua Wang
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe by Wang, Cheng-Hua

Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe

$75.00
Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe by Wang, Cheng-Hua

Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe

$75.00
Author: Cheng-Hua Wang
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Qingming shanghe (Up the River during Qingming), dubbed China's Mona Lisa, is a painting whose primordial version is attributed to Zhang Zeduan, a painter who lived during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). It is so revered that to this day there exist more than one hundred handscroll paintings with this title, including the original and later versions produced during the late Ming (ca. 1550s-1644) through the High Qing (ca. 1680s-1795). Up the River of Time is the first study in any language to treat the entire cultural constellation of Qingming shanghe as a painting tradition. Cheng-hua Wang investigates how the original Northern Song version--deemed a classic in art-historical research--and its later iterations shaped the norms of painting, triggered cultural associations, fostered the genre of cityscapes, and redefined the meanings of "reproduction" and "forgery." By studying the thematic links between the painting's various versions and tracing their development over several centuries, Wang leads us to revisit China's painting history. Such a focus that pivots toward broad considerations of thematic and cultural significance prompts a reassessment of what defines artistic value. Over time, Qingming shanghe catalyzed a new artistic culture in China.

Author: Cheng-Hua Wang
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 06/02/2026
Pages: 366
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.11lbs
Size: 11.27h x 8.71w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780674302617

About the Author
Wang, Cheng-Hua: - Cheng-hua Wang is an Associate Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University.
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