HARPP1 Harrist, Robert: PAINTING AND PRIVATE LIFE IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY CHINA. Mountain Villa by Li Gonglin. Princeton, 1998. 256 pp. 86 halftones. 18x12 cm. Cloth. GBP 30.00 In the 11th century, the focus of Chinese painting shifted. A group of scholar-artists began making paintings that reflected their private lives. Through a detailed analysis of Mountain Villa, a new explanation for the rise of autobiographic content in Chinese art is offered. Subjects: Painting Item 391 in List 204. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?h/HARPP1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.