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The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271-1368 (2014)
Book
McCausland, S. (2014). The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271-1368. Reaktion Books

The Mongol Century explores the visual world of China's Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), the spectacular but short-lived regime founded by Khubilai Khan, regarded as the pre-eminent khanate of the Mongol empire. This book illuminates the Yuan era - full of... Read More about The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271-1368.

Exemplary Complicity: The Pictorial Lives of Han Court Beauties in Two Narrative Handscrolls of Mid-Ming Suzhou (2014)
Book Chapter
McCausland, S. (2014). Exemplary Complicity: The Pictorial Lives of Han Court Beauties in Two Narrative Handscrolls of Mid-Ming Suzhou. In S. McCausland, & Y. Hwang (Eds.), On Telling Images of China: Essays in Narrative Painting and Visual Culture (89-116). Hong Kong University Press

This study explores You Qiu’s visual narration in the handscroll format via two
paintings in the Shanghai Museum, Lady Zhaojun Leaves China (Zhaojun chusai
tu) of 1554 and Spring Morning in the Han Palace (Hangong chunxiao tu) of 1568.
The first s... Read More about Exemplary Complicity: The Pictorial Lives of Han Court Beauties in Two Narrative Handscrolls of Mid-Ming Suzhou.