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Dimensions of originality : essays on seventeenth-century Chinese art theory and criticism / Katharine P. Burnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnett, Katharine Persis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art criticism--China--History--17th century.
- Art criticism.
- Art, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.
- Art, Chinese.
- Art, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties.
- History.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 414 pages) : illustrations (some color
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, [2013]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I
- 1 Some Problems of Expectation or Speculations on Why Originality Can't Be a "Traditional Chinese" Value (When It Is) 3
- Key terms indicate values 3
- Local and time specific terms 3
- Terms of more universal application 4
- The curious case of "originality" 5
- Why not? 5
- Chinese art historical literature hovers around the concept of originality 5
- The importance of originality is debatable 6
- Terms and phrases suggestive of originality in the critical literature 7
- Phrases involving "originality" 7
- Passages with terms implicating originality 7
- More about yi $$$ and du $$$ 12
- Qi $$$ 16
- Why insist on talking about originality in Chinese art theory and criticism? 17
- Why does the belief persist that originality is antithetical to Chinese cultural demands? 17
- Copying and Confucianism 18
- Copying and Xie He 18
- Late 19th-early 20th century Chinese taste and values 19
- US collectors and the display of Chinese art 24
- May Fourth ideology 26
- Cold War ideology 30
- Originality as a "traditional Chinese" value 35
- Xie He's Six Laws of Painting 35
- Conclusion 38
- 2 Some Problems of Interpretation or Discerning the Flavors of a Fine Kettle of Fish 41
- Terms of identification 42
- Models of interpretation 45
- Relevance 60
- Part II Ideas and Words
- 3 How Ideas Spread Across China and Among the Classes 65
- Political and economic change 65
- Imperial exams 71
- New social roles and acceptable professions 72
- The publishing industry and public lectures 75
- Words and the art world 77
- 4 The Importance of a Word: A Discussion of Critical Terms 81
- Qi in dictionaries 84
- Qi in early texts 87
- Correlates of qi 91
- Related terms 98
- Part III What the Theorists and Critics Had to Say
- 5 What the Texts Say: Originality in Pre-Seventeenth-Century Art Theory and Criticism 103
- Qi in art theory and criticism of the Six Dynasties
- Period (210-581) 104
- Qi in art theory and criticism of the Tang Dynasty (618-906) 108
- Qi in art theory and criticism of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) 110
- Qi in art theory and criticism of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) through the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1400) 118
- Qi in art theory and criticism of the mid Ming Dynasty (1400-1600) 125
- 6 What the Texts Say: Originality in Seventeenth-Century Painting Theory and Criticism 135
- Basic meanings of qi in theory and criticism 137
- Qi as originality 142
- The importance of breaking the rules 153
- The Qi-Zheng dialectic 163
- 7 What the Texts Say: Originality in Seventeenth-Century Calligraphy Theory and Criticism 167
- Calligraphy theorists, critics, and texts 167
- Qi as ineffable 172
- Qi as different and strange 177
- Qi as unbalanced 179
- Qi as extraordinary and great 180
- Qi as original 181
- Qi and zhuo 187
- Qi and zkeng 188
- Qi and rule breaking 198
- Part IV Images
- 8 The Other Dong Qichang 203
- Originalism in Dong Qichang's paintings 205
- Originalism in Dong Qichang's calligraphy 209
- 9 What Originality Looks Like: Wu Bin's On the Way to Shanyin 221
- The painting 221
- Illustrations to Chapter 9 227
- The inscription 276
- The title and subject matter 286
- Part V The Legacy of a Concept
- 10 The End of Originality as the Seventeenth Century Knew It 291
- The effects of Qing policy on aesthetics 295
- Conservative aesthetic theory and criticism of the early Qing Dynasty 299
- Early Qing discourse moves away from qi as original 303.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9629969149
- 9789629969141
- Publisher Number:
- 99985285178
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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