Zhou Fang's "Court Ladies Wearing Flower Headdresses": Fashion as an Indicator of Social Status in Tang China
This paper critiques a Chinese painting from the 8th century Tang dynansty. The painter is Zhou Feng, a master of the intimate portrait. His work was full of graphic representations of Imperial Court Life in general and Noble womwn in particular. The work is noteworthy in its faithful depiction of social rank in the posutues, clothes and make up of the woment
