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A story of ruins presence and absence in Chinese art and visual culture / Wu Hung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wu Hung, 1945- author.
- Series:
- Non-series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ruins in art.
- Symbolism in art--History.
- Symbolism in art.
- Art, Chinese--Themes, motives.
- Art, Chinese.
- Art and society--China--History.
- Art and society.
- Art and history--China.
- Art and history.
- Ruined buildings--China--Psychological aspects.
- Ruined buildings.
- Psychological aspects.
- History.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Internalizing ruins : premodern sensibilities of time passed
- The birth of ruins : inventing modern visual culture in China
- Between past and future : transience as a contemporary aesthetic of ruins.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-284) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wu, Hung. A Story of Ruins : Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture.
- ISBN:
- 9781861899767
- 1861899769
- Publisher Number:
- 99984040381
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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