A companion to Chinese art / edited by Martin J. Powers and Katherine R. Tsiang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powers, Martin Joseph, 1949- editor.

Tsiang, Katherine R., editor.

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to art history ; 8.

Wiley-Blackwell companions to art history ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Chinese.

Physical Description:

xviii, 562 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Summary:

The volume offers a rich insight into China's social and political institutions, religious practices, and intellectual traditions alongside Chinese art history, theory, and criticism. It brings together an international team of scholars from East and West, whose contributions range from an overview of premodern theory, to those exploring calligraphy, fine painting, sculpture, personal accessories, and more. In addition, the Companion reflects on social and cultural issues, such as the challenges of comparative history, the role of the artist in society, the contested role of gender in art production, different theories of nature that have evolved over time, and articulates the direction in which the field of Chinese art history is moving. In promoting a comparative understanding of China's long record of cultural production, this volume provides students and scholars of both Asian and non-Asian art history with an exceptional guide to the history of art in China, from its earliest incarnations to the present day. -- from back cover.

Contents:

Part I. Production and Distribution. Court Painting / Patricia Ebrey ; The Culture of Art Collecting in Imperial China / Scarlett Jang ; Art, Print, and Cultural Discourse in Early Modern China / J.P. Park ; Art and Early Chinese Archaeological Materials / Xiaoneng Yang

Part II. Representation and Reality ; Figure Painting : Fragments of the Precious Mirror / Shane McCausland ; The Language of Portraiture in China / Dora C.Y. Ching ; Visualizing the Divine in Medieval China / Katherine R. Tsiang ; Landscape / Peter C. Sturman ; Concepts of Architectural Space in Historical Chinese Thought / Cary Y. Liu ; Time in Early Chinese Art / Eugene Y. Wang

Part III. Theories and Terms. The Art of "Ritual Artifacts" (Liqi) : Discourse and Practice / Wu Hung ; Classification, Canon, and Genre / Richard Vinograd ; Conceptual and Qualitative Terms in Historical Perspective / Ronald Egan ; Imitation and Originality, Theory and Practice / Ginger Cheng-chi Hsü ; Calligraphy / Qianshen Bai ; Emptiness-Substance : Xushi / Jason C. Kuo

Part IV. Objects and Persons. Artistic Status and Social Agency / Martin J. Powers ; Ornament in China / Jessica Rawson ; Folding Fans and Early Modern Mirrors / Antonia Finnane ; Garden Art / Xin Wu ; Commercial Advertising Art in 1840-1940s "China" / Tani E. Barlow

Part V. Word and Image. Words in Chinese Painting / Alfreda Murck ; On the Origins of Literati Painting in the Song Dynasty / Jerome Silbergeld ; Poetry and Pictorial Expression in Chinese Painting / Susan Bush ; Popular Literature and Visual Culture in Early Modern China / Jianhua Chen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Companion to Chinese art

ISBN:

9781444339130

1444339133

OCLC:

936410252

Publisher Number:

99969102849