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Art, Politics, and Palace Eunuchs in Ming China, 1368-1644

Art, Politics, and Palace Eunuchs in Ming China, 1368-1644

Jang, Scarlett

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

Art HistoryChinese ArtGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 1032261579
ISBN13: 9781032261577
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 28 2025
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.99
Language: English

This is the first in-depth analysis of the place of the Ming palace eunuchs in the social history of Chinese art, examining the intricate intersections of art, politics, and palace eunuchs in the Ming dynasty.

In addition to articulating the elite eunuchs' roles as important power brokers in the political arena, this monograph offers a balanced view of Ming eunuchs, with evidence of their accomplishments as book authors, editors, and compilers, poets, calligraphers, and art collectors, the Confucian scholars' typical literati pursuits. By exploring both the positive and negative roles that palace eunuchs played in the Ming's visual culture, this book reveals that Ming palace eunuchs, as supervisors of both the imperial art collection and the imperial art academy, and as powerful art collectors themselves, made various significant impacts on the contemporary art criticism, art market, and art-collecting patterns.

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