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Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes (review)

Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes (review) are therefore advised, when reading this book, to check the new tax system for more current information. David C. Yang University of Hawai'i <§> Julia K. Murray. Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xvi, 256 pp. Hardcover $95. As the earliest poetic anthology in the Chinese literary tradition, the 305 poems of the Book of Odes are a major text in the Confucian canon. The massive project of illustrating fhe poems was realized in a sequence of collaborative handscrolls in which the paintings were paired with their respective texts. The 114 surviving compositions are traditionally attributed to the twelfth-century artist Ma Hezhi, who executed them at Aie behest of the Southern Song emperor Gaozong. The illustrations derive their art historical significance from their major role in the development of twelfth-century painting, as well as from the overwhelming importance of the Book of Odes in the broader context of the Chinese historical and literary tradition. Julia Murray's study of these paintings examines their historical context and their character as poetic illustrations and argues convincingly that Aie surviving handscrolls of Southern Song date were products of an imperial workshop that copied http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Review International University of Hawai'I Press

Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes (review)

Muller, Deborah Del Gais.
China Review International , Volume 1 (2) – Mar 30, 1994
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are therefore advised, when reading this book, to check the new tax system for more current information. David C. Yang University of Hawai'i <§> Julia K. Murray. Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xvi, 256 pp. Hardcover $95. As the earliest poetic anthology in the Chinese literary tradition, the 305 poems of the Book of Odes are a major text in the Confucian canon. The massive project of illustrating fhe poems was realized in a sequence of collaborative handscrolls in which the paintings were paired with their respective texts. The 114 surviving compositions are traditionally attributed to the twelfth-century artist Ma Hezhi, who executed them at Aie behest of the Southern Song emperor Gaozong. The illustrations derive their art historical significance from their major role in the development of twelfth-century painting, as well as from the overwhelming importance of the Book of Odes in the broader context of the Chinese historical and literary tradition. Julia Murray's study of these paintings examines their historical context and their character as poetic illustrations and argues convincingly that Aie surviving handscrolls of Southern Song date were products of an imperial workshop that copied

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China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Mar 30, 1994

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