According to Mary Fong,
How did paintings of women reflect Confucian conceptions and influence popular understanding of gender relations in different genres of painting in successive periods of Chinese history? Fong analyzes images of the “Exemplary Woman” and the “Chinese beauty,” as well as depictions of women in later literati painting. How did depictions of women in all three of these categories reflect gender inequalities inherent in Confucian thought? Do you find Fong’s analysis convincing? Why or why not?
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