The Yongle Emperor (r. 1403–24) is considered the most powerful, effective, and extravagant ruler of China's Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Major military campaigns and unprecedented maritime expeditions marked his reign. Yongle is also credited with moving the capital from Nanjing in the south to Beijing, where he inherited the imperial workshops instituted by Mongol rulers of the preceding Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). The superb sculptures, lacquers, metalwork, ceramics, textiles, and ivories produced during Yongle's reign, which show various Islamic and Tibetan Buddhist influences, had a seminal role in the development of later Chinese decorative arts.

96 pages, 65 illustrations (45 in full color), 9 in. x 12 in. Paper.

Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China
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