C.W. Lara Blanchard, "Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire (Women and Gender in China Studies, 10)," (Brill, 2018)

In Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire, Lara Blanchard examines the writing of interiority in paintings of women, considering correspondences to examples of erotic poetry and how such works address the concerns of artists, patrons, and viewers.

Lara C. W. Blanchard, Ph.D. (2001), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is Luce Professor of East Asian Art at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She has published articles on gender and Chinese art from the Song to Ming dynasties.

• Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire
• Lara Blanchard on Chinese Art and Gender
• Interiority in Song Dynasty Paintings
• Erotic Poetry and Chinese Art
• Women in Song Dynasty Art
• Gender Representation in Chinese Art
• Artistic Patronage in Song Dynasty China
• Song Dynasty Paintings and Viewer Interpretation
• Chinese Art from Song to Ming Dynasties
• East Asian Art and Gender Studies
• Luce Professor Lara Blanchard
• Chinese Erotic Poetry and Visual Arts
• Gender Dynamics in Chinese Paintings
• Art History of the Song Dynasty