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The forger's creed : reinventing art history in early modern China
"In 1634, scholar-official Zhang Taijie (b. ca. 1588) published a book titled A Record of Treasured Paintings (C. Baohui lu), presenting an extensive catalog of a purportedly vast painting collection he claimed to have built. However, the entire book is Zhang's meticulously crafted forgery...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
: University of California Press
, 2025
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Forger's creed |
| Author Notes: | J. P. Park |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue : James Cahill, Art historian and forger
- Introduction : Zhang Taijie, the greatest art collector in Chinese history?
- The literary making of the past : reading history from forged texts
- To Deceive is to believe : paintings forged
- Inventing traditions : fabricated art history
- Conclusion : Zhang Taijie, Dong Qichang, and the carnival.
