Early Chinese texts on painting / [edited by] Susan Bush and Hsio-yen Shih.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bush, Susan.

Shih, Hsio-yen, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Chinese--Appreciation--Early works to 1800.

Painting, Chinese.

Painting, Chinese--Technique--Early works to 1800.

Painting, Chinese--Technique.

Painting, Chinese--Appreciation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

[Second edition].

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2012]

Summary:

For students of Chinese art and culture this anthology has proven invaluable since its initial publication in 1985. It collects important Chinese writings about painting, from the earliest examples through the fourteenth century, allowing readers to see how the art of this rich era was seen and understood in the artists' own times. Some of the texts in this treasury fall into the broad category of aesthetic theory; some describe specific techniques; some discuss the work of individual artists. The texts are presented in accurate and readable translations, and prefaced with artistic and historical background information to the formative periods of Chinese theory and criticism. A glossary of terms and an appendix containing brief biographies of 270 artists and critics add to the usefulness of this volume. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Pre-T'ang Interpretation and Criticism 18

Problems of Representation 24

Optical Illusion 25

Didactic Subject Matter 25

Definition, Animation, and Expression 28

Training 32

Technique 32

The Significance of Landscape 36

Criteria for Appreciation and Criticism 39

Social Status and Creative Activity 42

2 T'ang Criticism and Art History 45

The Significance of Painting 48

Origins of Painting 49

Period and Regional Styles 52

Definition, Animation, and Expression 53

Training 59

Brushwork 60

Landscape 66

Appreciation and Connoisseurship 71

Classification 75

Criticism 78

Social Status and Creative Activity 85

3 Sung Art History 89

The Significance of Figure Painting 93

Critical Standards 94

Expressive Style and Quality 95

Brushwork 97

Appreciation and Connoisseurship 98

Classification in Grades by Qualities 100

Classification in Subject Categories 103

Buddhist and Taoist Subjects 105

Figure Painting 109

Architectural Subjects 111

Barbarians 113

Dragons and Fishes 114

Landscape 116

Different Models for Landscapists 120

Domestic and Wild Animals 123

Flowers and Birds 125

Ink Bamboo, Vegetables, and Fruit 128

Classification by Social Status 129

Scholars' Painting 132

The Emperor as Connoisseur and Artist 134

The Academy of Painting 137

Southern Sung Monks and Academicians 138

4 The Landscape Texts 141

The Significance of Old Pines 145

The Significance of Landscape 150

Figures in Landscape 154

On Creativity 156

Tradition and Models 159

Landscape Formations 164

Atmosphere and Spatial Recession 168

Technical Secrets 170

Faults of Landscape Painting 180

Connoisseurship of Landscape Painting 184

Kuo Hsi as Court Artist 187

5 Sung Literati Theory and Connoisseurship 191

The Painter as Artisan or Scholar 196

Character and Style 201

Poetry and Painting 203

Calligraphy and Painting 205

The Tao and Painting 206

Naturalness in Painting 212

Spontaneity in Painting 217

Form and Principle 220

Definition, Animation, and Expression 224

Mood in Painting 230

Connoisseurship 233

6 Yüan Criticism and Writings on Special Subjects 241

Spirit Resonance and Quality 245

On the Subject Categories of Painting 247

On Artists' Styles 249

Scholars' Painting and the Spirit of Antiquity 254

Yüan Literati Artists and Critics 255

On Mounting and Collecting 256

Connoisseurship 258

Landscape 262

Figure Painting 270

Bamboo 272

Prunus 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9888139738

9789888139736

OCLC:

813862404

Publisher Number:

99954704635