The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China (Bampton Lectures in America)
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The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China (Bampton Lectures in America) by James Cahill is a book about art, media, culture, or creative work. The record for this copy lists 1994 • Columbia Univ Pr • 187 pages.
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Hardcover: ISBN-13 9780231081801
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