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.