Wen C. Fong established America's first program in East Asian
art history at Princeton University, where he taught Chinese art
from 1954 to 1999. During this time, he supervised more than thirty
PhD students, most of whom have gone on to hold professorships or
museum positions throughout the United States, East Asia, and
Europe. This two-volume book honors Professor Fong's extraordinary
half-century career at Princeton and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by gathering almost forty essays on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
art history, written by his students and by some of his lifelong
colleagues in this field of study. These full-length essays address
a wide range of subjects, building bridges in many directions, from
early jades and bronzes through traditional painting and prints, to
photography, cinema, and modern museum practice. The diversity,
depth, and originality of these essays make this work a monumental
contribution to the study of the arts of East Asia.
The book includes an interview of Professor Fong, conducted by
Jerome Silbergeld, and a bibliography of Fong's work.
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