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Author: Li Shi Order No. 3502 ISBN: 780047397X Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Forbidden City Press Pub Year: 2002 Pages: 53 Language: English Size: 6 x 7.5 Price: $16.95 Chinese female artists usually didn’t get the recognition they deserved because the artists were generally men. This book features a handful of the 250 artworks collected by the Palace Museum. According to the book, the female artists can be divided into two groups: the boudoir painters, or artists from wealthy families, and courtesan painters, who honed their artistic skills with the literati’s assistance. Between the two groups, the author compares the groups’ lifestyles and mentalities, the choice subjects in their works, the ways they render their emotions, and the calligraphy featured in their works. With color artworks and photos.