Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Models and Patterns
6. 1 The Emergence of Dynastic Time in Chinese Art 13
7. 2 Reconfiguring the World. The First Emperor’s Art Projects 39
8. 3 Conflicting Temporalities Heaven’s Mandate and Its Antitheses 69
9. Part Two Politics and Religion
10. 4 Miraculous Icons and Dynastic Time. Narrating Buddhist Images in Medieval China 99
11. 5 Landscape and Dynastic Power. Competing Yue 127
12. Part Three Past and Present
13. 6 Art History and Dynastic Time. Reading Zhang Yanyuan 155
14. 7 Blind Spots of Dynastic Time. The Case of the Liao 175
15. 8 Returning to the Past. Fugu and Dynastic Time 203
16. Part Four Rupture and Revolution
17. 9 Art of Absence. Remnant Subject and Post-dynastic Temporality 231
18. 10 End as Beginning. Dynastic Time and Revolution 261
19. Conclusion. Dynastic Time and Beyond 287
20. Notes 299
21. Bibliography 320
22. Index 332
23. Photo and Illustration Credits 338
24. A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts 1952–2021 339