Xuanhe Huapu


Xuanhe Huapu is an 1120 Chinese palace catalog from the Song dynasty, which in 20 chapters categorized and described ~6396 paintings by 231 artists in the collection of Emperor [Huizong of Song]. "Xuanhe" is an era name used by Emperor Huizong. The book is one of the most important sources about 11th/12th-century Chinese art, even if most paintings it described are no longer extant.

Contents

The catalog contains 20 chapters, divided into categories:
Biographies of artists are arranged under the category for which he was most famous, which are typically accompanied with a critical evaluation of his style.