The poetry of sculpture / Wu Weishan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Weishan, 1962-

Standardized Title:

Diao su de shi xing. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Sculptors--China--Biography.

Sculptors.

Wu, Weishan, 1962-.

Wu, Weishan.

Wu, Weishan, 1962---Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p. ) col. ill.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work documents the different stages of Wu Weishan's pursuits, struggles, and creations. It records his dealings with eminent figures in the science, cultural, and art arenas, such as Chen Ning Yang and Xiong Bingming. His art notes, excerpts from his theoretical essays, and images of selected sculptures are also included.

Contents:

Foreword / Yang Zhenning

Father and his poems

Spiritual sketches

Picking up treasures from old bookstalls

The country of tulips. Global village of artists. China in the eyes of Europeans. An old Dutch man's special affections for China. Playing host in the Netherlands. The screw on the move. Making a sculpture of the Queen of the Netherlands. Speech by F. J. M. Houben, Chief Representative of the Queen of the Netherlands and Governor of the Province of Noord-Brabant, at the handing-over-ceremony of Sculpture of the Queen of the Netherlands. Speech by Wu Weishan at the handing-over-ceremony

Pursuing dreams in Paris. Standing in front of Mona Lisa. Close up with Auguste Rodin. The lessons from Horse. An instant moment can also be eternal

Crossing the Pacific. Holding exhibitions in San Francisco. The bridge is only that long. Robin's world. Avenue of the stars. Visiting "son" in the U.S. A strange encounter at the museum - rumination on works

Full moon in Britain. The Sleeping Child wins the award. My sculptures do not cater to Westerners. An interview after winning the Pangolin Award / Xue Longchun and Shang Rong. Sculptures by Professor Wu Weishan / Anthony Stones

8. The season of cherry blossoms. Holding exhibitions in Tokyo. Inexpressible emotions / Tom. M. Aoyama. A challenger of the modern soul / Saburo Kosugi

Boisterous Hong Kong. Heaven and earth and affections between mother and son. Wu Weishan's stint at HKUST. Foreword of Wu Weishan's sculptures and paintings / Woo Chia-wei. The symbol of Chinese culture. Speech at the unveiling ceremony of Qian Mu's sculpture. The pinnacle display of portrait sculpture / King Yeo-chi

Extraordinary character. Sculpting a portrait of Yang Zhenning. Reading Wu Weishan's candour, purity and simplicity / Yang Zhenning. Speech by Yang Zhenning at the unveiling ceremony of his sculpture in Tsinghua University (May 2004). Speech by Yang Zhenning at the unveiling ceremony of his sculpture in Nanjing University (October 2005). Speech by Yang Zhenning at the opening ceremony of "Casting the Soul with the Literary Heart - Exhibition of Wu Weishan's Sculptural Works"

Talking about form and spirit with pride and exultance. On the spirit of art by Fei Xiaotong

A name remembered throughout generations. Impressions of 100-year-old Gu Yuxiu

A devoted ox of Chinese culture. In memory of Xiong Bingming. Solidified history. Sculpting with four hands / Xiong Bingming. Knowledge of self is wisdom / Wu Weishan

An oriental old sage. Promoting Chinese culture, creating a new era of sculpture

Making a sculpture of Lin Sanzhi six times

The humour of a master mathematician / Chang Jian

Sculpting Confucius using ancient methods

An instant of a peasant-scientist

The form of old man Shanyuan

Sculpting the confident and deep Xiao Xian

The soul of similarity and dissimilarity

A minute detail

Sculpting Wu Zuoren

Sculptures of cultural notables

The theory of freehand sculpting (Excerpt)

My views on the characteristics and styles of Chinese sculptural art. Expounding the eight major types of ancient Chinese sculpture. I. Primitive, simple and unpolished imagery. II. Strange abstractness of the Shang dynasty. III. Decorative and realistic depiction in Qin figurines. IV. Firm and vigorous freehandedness of the Han dynasty. V. Ideal modelling in Buddhism. VI. Realistic depiction of the customs of the Song dynasty. VII. Form exaggeration in imperial mausoleums. VIII. Expression of simplicity among the people

Sculpting the spirit of the times

The soul of Western Han Dynasty. Imageries in wooden sculptures

Free discussion on sculpture. pt. 1: Rumination on comparison

Free discussion on sculpture. pt. 2: Vividness in ambiguity

Free discussion on sculpture. pt. 3: Viewing sculpture beyond ambiguity

From clay to bronze

The primitive spirit in modern sculpture

The poetry of sculpture. Speech at the UNESCO Centre of Macau and University of Macau

Tradition and innovation. Speech at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Pictures of freehand sculptures.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

ISBN:

9786611938260

9781281938268

1281938262

9789812790088

981279008X