Chinese art and its encounter with the world / David Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, David J. (David James), 1954-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Chinese--Western influences.

Art, Chinese.

Art, Chinese--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines Chinese art from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, beginning with discussion of a Chinese portrait modeler from Canton who traveled to London in 1769, and ending with an analysis of art and visual culture in post-colonial Hong Kong. By means of a series of six closely-focused case studies, often deliberately introducing non-canonical or previously marginalized aspects of Chinese visual culture, it analyzes Chinese art's encounter with the broader world, and in particular with the West. Offering more than a simple charting of influences, it uncovers a pattern of richly mutual interchange between Chinese art and its others. Arguing that we cannot fully understand modern Chinese art without taking this expanded global context into account, it attempts to break down barriers between areas of art history which have hitherto largely been treated within separate and often nationally-conceived frames. Aware that issues of cultural difference need to be addressed by art historians as much as by artists, it represents a pioneering attempt to produce an art historical writing which is truly global in approach. It hopes to appeal both to those with a special interest in modern Chinese art and those who are only now becoming aware of this fascinating but previously under-explored field.

Contents:

pt. I. Trajectories : Chinese artists and the West

Chitqua : a Chinese artist in eighteenth-century London

Cross-cultural dialogue and artistic innovation : Teng Baiye and Mark Tobey

pt. II. Imported genres

Iconicity and indexicality : the body in Chinese art

Abstraction and modern Chinese art

pt. III. Returning home : cites between China and the world

Illuminating facades : looking at post-colonial Macau

The haunted city : Hong Kong and its urban others in the postcolonial era.

Notes:

pt. I. Trajectories : Chinese artists and the West -- pt. II. Imported genres -- pt. III. Returning home : cities between China and the world.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789882209794

9882209793

9789888053841

9888053841

OCLC:

770347403