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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786026303321

Autore

Bush Susan

Titolo

Early Chinese texts on painting [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Bush and Hsio-yen Shih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2012

ISBN

988-220-886-X

Edizione

[[2nd ed.?].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShihHsio-yen <1933->

Disciplina

759.951

Soggetti

Painting - Technique

Painting, Chinese - Technique

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First edition published by Harvard University Press, 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Pre-T'ang Interpretation and Criticism; 2. T'ang Criticism and Art History; 3. Sung Art History; 4. The Landscape Texts; Figures; 5. Sung Literati Theory and Connoisseurship; 6. Yüan Criticism and Writings on Special Subjects; Biographies of Painters, Critics, and Calligraphers; Glossary of Chinese Terms; Glossary of Chinese Names and Titles; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For students of Chinese art and culture this anthology has proven invaluable since its initial publication in 1985. It collects important Chinese writings about painting, from the earliest examples through the fourteenth century, allowing readers to see how the art of this rich era was seen and understood in the artists' own times. Some of the texts in this treasury fall into the broad category of aesthetic theory; some describe specific techniques; some discuss the work of individual artists. The texts are presented in accurate and readable translations, and prefaced with artistic and histori