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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463221603321

Autore

Bush Susan

Titolo

The Chinese literati on painting [[electronic resource] ] : Su Shih (1037-1101) to Tung Ch'i-Ch'ang (1555-1636) / / Susan Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2012

ISBN

988-220-874-6

Edizione

[[2nd ed.?].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

759.951

Soggetti

Painting, Chinese

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First edition published by the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1971.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Northern Sung (960-1127); 2. The Views of Northern Sung Literati; 3. Chin (1122-1234) and Southern Sung (1127-1260); 4. Yüan (1260-1368); 5. Ming (1368-1644); 6. Conclusion; Chinese Texts; Bibliography; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This classic work, first published in 1971, explores the transition in painting styles from the late Sung period to the art of Yuan dynasty literati. Building on the pioneering work of Oswald Siren and James Cahill, Susan Bush's investigations of painting done under the Chin dynasty confirmed the dominance of scholar-artists in the north and their gradual development of scholarly painting traditions, and a related study of Northern Sung writings showed that their theory was shaped as much by the views of their social class as by their artistic aims. Bush's perspective on Sung scholars' art and