Shane McCausland is Percival David Professor of the History of Art at SOAS University of London. His many books include The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271-1368 (Reaktion Books, 2014), and he has curated numerous exhibitions in Europe, North America and China.
'Eruditely written . . . a welcome addition to the corpus of studies on Chinese painting, written by a scholar deeply immersed in the subject and well able to share his knowledge with the reader in an engaging and lively way.' - Nick Pearce, Professor and Richmond Chair of Fine Arts, University of Glasgow