Introduction: Locating the Woman Artist

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations XI
4. Acknowledgements XV
5. Notes on Names and Translation XVII
6. Introduction: Locating the Woman Artist 1
7. Part One: The Artist-Embroiderer
8. Chapter 1 A Female Embroiderer in the Qing Court 27
9. Chapter 2 From Nantong to the World 53
10. Chapter 3 Discourses on Embroidery 66
11. Part Two: The New Female Scholar-Painters
12. Chapter 4 Family, Lineage, and Learning 85
13. Chapter 5 Art and Scholarship 103
14. Chapter 6 Professional Networks and Global Experience 138
15. Part Three: The New Talented Women
16. Chapter 7 An All-Women Collective 171
17. Chapter 8 Exhibitions and Critiques 189
18. Chapter 9 Artists, Philanthropists, and Educators 209
19. Conclusion 232
20. Appendix A Chinese and Japanese Characters for Names and Terms 255
21. Appendix B Relations of Key Figures 267
22. Appendix C Jin Family Lineage Chart 269
23. Bibliography 271
24. Index 285