《PICTURES FOR USE AND PLEASURE》由James Cahill编著。

This is an outstanding piece of work: timely, essential, authoritative, and original. Cahill throws light on obscure artists, emerging styles and regional traditions, unexplored aspects of cultural life, enigmatic iconographies, and questions of authorship and authenticity, leaving the reader richly informed and full of new ideas.

《PICTURES FOR USE AND PLEASURE》由James Cahill编著。

《PICTURES FOR USE AND PLEASURE》的内容如下：

In this groundbreaking book, James Cahill expands the field of Chinese pictorial art history, opening both scholarly studies and popular appreciation to vernacular paintings, "pictures for use and pleasure." These were works commissioned and appreciated during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by the non-elites of Chinese society, including women. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the "literati" paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. Cahill challenges the dominant dogma and doctrine of the literati, showing how the vernacular images, both beautiful and appealing, strengthen our understanding of High Qing culture. They bring to light the Qing or Manchu emperors' fascination with erotic culture in the thriving cities of the Yangtze Delta and demonstrate the growth of figure painting in and around Beijing's imperial court. They also revise our understanding of gender roles and show how Chinese artists made use of European styles. By introducing a large, rich body of works, Pictures for Use and Pleasure opens new windows on later Chinese life and society.

Preface and Acknowledgments

Recognizing Vernacular Painting

Studio Artists in Cities and Court

Adoptions from the West

The Artists' Repertories

Beautiful Women and the Courtesan Culture Conclusion

Appendix: Poem by Zhou Qi

Glossary

List of Chinese Names and Terms

Notes

:Bibliography

List of Illustrations

Index