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The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition

Author : Zehou Li
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824833074
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition written by Zehou Li and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Zehou (b. 1930) has been an influential thinker in China since the 1950s. Before moving to the U.S. in the wake of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Li published works on Kant and traditional and contemporary Chinese philosophy. The present volume, a translation of his Huaxia meixue (1989), is considered among Li’s most significant works. Apart from its value as an introduction to the philosophy of one of contemporary China’s foremost intellectuals, The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition fills an important gap in the literature of Chinese aesthetics in English. It presents Li’s synthesis of the entire trajectory of Chinese aesthetic thought, from ancient times to the early modern period, incorporating pre-Confucian and Confucian ideas, Daoism, Chan Buddhism, and the influence of Western philosophy during the late-imperial period. As one of China’s As one of China's major contemporary philosophers and preeminent authority on Kant, Li is uniquely positioned to observe this trajectory and make it intelligible to today’s readers. The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition touches on all areas of artistic activity, including poetry, painting, calligraphy, architecture, and the "art of living." Right government, the ideal human being, and the path to spiritual transcendence all come under the provenance of aesthetic thought. According to Li this was the case from early Confucian explanations of poetry as that which gives expression to intent, through Zhuangzi’s artistic depictions of the ideal personality who discerns the natural way of things and lives according to it, to Chan Buddhist-inspired notions that nature and words can come together to yield insight and enlightenment. In this enduring and stimulating work, Li demonstrates conclusively the fundamental role of aesthetics in the development of the cultural and psychological structures in Chinese culture that define "humanity."

Aesthetics from Ancient China

Author : Yonghao Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819724015
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Aesthetics from Ancient China written by Yonghao Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oxford Bibliographies

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (949 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Bibliographies written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic

Author : Haun Saussy
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804766614
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic written by Haun Saussy and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic calls for and applies a new model of comparative literature - one that, instead of taking for granted the commensurability of traditions and texts, gives incompatibility and contradiction their due. Exposing contemporary literary theory to the risks of ancient Chinese literature (and vice versa), this book considers a linked series of case studies. To what degree does the translation between languages and texts that we call comparative literature depend on allegory or translation within a single text or language? The author offers an important, new perspective on the reading of the Shih-ching or Book of Odes and the question of allegory and metaphor in the Chinese poetic tradition.

Chinese Environmental Aesthetics

Author : Gerald Cipriani
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317496515
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Environmental Aesthetics written by Gerald Cipriani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is currently afflicted by enormous environmental problems. This book, drawing on ancient and modern Chinese environmental thinking, considers what it is that makes an environment a desirable place for living. The book emphasises ideas of beauty, and discusses how these ideas can be applied in natural, agricultural and urban environments in order to produce desirable environments. The book argues that environment is both a product of nature and of human beings, and as such is potentially alterable by culture. The book explores the three aspects of environmental beauty whereby such alteration might be beneficially made: integrated and holistic; ecological and man-made; and authentic and everyday. This book addresses environmental issues by distinctively suggesting that an aesthetic approach inspired from ancient Chinese tradition could help us overcome the many problems that human beings have created at local and global levels. Although its main focus is the traditional and current contexts of the People’s Republic of China, the book transcends national borders. A typical example is the ancient Chinese thought system and cultural practice of Feng Shui (風水) that sought to negotiate how the natural environment and human constructions can cohabit without destructing each other. The author evokes that sought-after harmony through the powerful image of gardens of life whose environmental beauty can be found in traditional Chinese gardens and palaces as well as historically and culturally preserved cities.

Ancient Chinese Art

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870994832
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Chinese Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1987 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Philosophy of Chinese Art

Author : Zhu Zhirong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000434796
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Chinese Art written by Zhu Zhirong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides a systematic examination of the philosophy of Chinese art, exploring the peculiarity of artistic forms and distinctive conceptions and artistic principles of Chinese art which are grounded in the life awareness of the ancient Chinese and interconnect with the Chinese philosophy of life. Synthesizing Chinese theories of art with Western philosophical systems, the book is organized into five parts: (1) the subject, the actor who creates, appreciates, and criticizes artistic works; (2) ontological aspects, that is, the artwork per se and the dynamic process of creation; (3) aesthetic traits, the organic whole constituted by rhythm, meter, the principle of harmony, and space-time awareness; (4) artistic representation, which is manifested in the rhythm of vital energy, momentum of genre, vigour of style, and taste and inclination; and (5) the evolution of Chinese art. Based on this structural thread, the author looks into the interwoven relationship between the philosophy of Chinese art and ancient Chinese thought in terms of the spirit of life, nature–human relations, and ontological awareness of human-centredness. The book will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers interested in aesthetics, art theory, art philosophy, Chinese art, and ancient Chinese culture.

Chinese Aesthetics

Author : Zongqi Cai
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824827915
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Aesthetics written by Zongqi Cai and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This singular work presents the most comprehensive and nuanced study available in any Western language of Chinese aesthetic thought and practice during the Six Dynasties (A.D. 220-589). Despite a succession of dynastic and social upheavals, the literati preoccupied themselves with both the sensuous and the transcendent and strove for cultural dominance. By the end of the sixth century, their reflections would evolve into a sophisticated system of aesthetic discourse characterized by its own rhetoric and concepts." "Chinese Aesthetics will fill a gap in Western sinological studies of the period. It will appeal to scholars and students in premodern Chinese literary studies, comparative aesthetics, and cultural studies and will be a welcome reference to anyone interested in ancient Chinese culture."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Half Sound, Half Philosophy

Author : Jing Wang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501333488
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Half Sound, Half Philosophy written by Jing Wang and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1990s until today, China's sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-political-aesthetic milieu, receiving attentions and investments from the art world, music industry and cultural institutes, with nevertheless, its unique acoustic philosophy remaining silent. This book traces the history of sound practice from contemporary Chinese visual art back in the 1980s, to electronic music, which was introduced as a target of critique in the 1950s, to electronic instrument building fever in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and to the origins of both academic and nonacademic electronic and experimental music activities. This expansive tracing of sound in the arts resonates with another goal of this book, to understand sound and its artistic practice through notions informed by Chinese qi-cosmology and qi-philosophy, including notions of resonance, shanshui (mountains-waters), huanghu (elusiveness and evasiveness), and distributed monumentality and anti-monumentality. By turning back to deep history to learn about the meaning and function of sound and listening in ancient China, the book offers a refreshing understanding of the British sinologist Joseph Needham's statement that “Chinese acoustics is acoustics of qi.” and expands existing conceptualization of sound art and contemporary music at large.

Path of Beauty

Author : Li Zehou
Publisher : China Books & Periodicals
ISBN 13 : 9780835121446
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Path of Beauty written by Li Zehou and published by China Books & Periodicals. This book was released on 1988-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinese Fans

Author : Gonglin Qian
Publisher : LONG RIVER PRESS
ISBN 13 : 9781592650200
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Fans written by Gonglin Qian and published by LONG RIVER PRESS. This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of fans in China

Aesthetics and Art

Author : Jianping Gao
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783662566992
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Aesthetics and Art written by Jianping Gao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces traditional and modern aesthetics and arts, comparing the similarities and differences between traditional and modern Chinese aesthetics. It also explores the aesthetic implications of traditional Chinese paintings, and discusses the development of aesthetics throughout history, as well as the changes and improvements in Chinese aesthetics in the context of globalization.

On the Meta-Category of Chinese Music Aesthetics

Author : Sai Yang
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9789811225192
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book On the Meta-Category of Chinese Music Aesthetics written by Sai Yang and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens with the emergence and development of the discipline of aesthetics in western countries, specifically the history of Western Music Aesthetics, to study and delve into the development of Chinese Music Aesthetics. The book provides a clear timeline throughout the writing -- from the history of Chinese Music Aesthetics, to the construction of a theoretical framework, and the intersections and conversations between Western and Chinese Music Aesthetics. This academic piece is fundamentally consistent with the developing field of Chinese philosophical and literary research.This book also discusses important music aesthetic categories of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, and metaphysics, and uses critical thinking to analyse the relationship between these categories and relevant schools of thought, reflecting the author's academic vision and thought process.

Penjing

Author : Qingquan Zhao
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Penjing written by Qingquan Zhao and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ten Thousand Things

Author : Lothar Ledderose
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691252882
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Ten Thousand Things written by Lothar Ledderose and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts Chinese workers in the third century BC created seven thousand life-sized terracotta soldiers to guard the tomb of the First Emperor. In the eleventh century AD, Chinese builders constructed a pagoda from as many as thirty thousand separately carved wooden pieces. As these examples show, throughout history, Chinese artisans have produced works of art in astonishing quantities, and have done so without sacrificing quality, affordability, or speed of manufacture. In this book, Lothar Ledderose takes us on a remarkable tour of Chinese art and culture to explain how artists used complex systems of mass production to assemble extraordinary objects from standardized parts or modules. He reveals how these systems have deep roots in Chinese thought and reflect characteristically Chinese modes of social organization. Combining invaluable aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations, Ten Thousand Things make a profound statement about Chinese art and society.

The Chinese Attitude Towards the Past

Author : Pierre Ryckmans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Attitude Towards the Past written by Pierre Ryckmans and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Four Essays on Aesthetics

Author : Zehou Li
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739113219
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Four Essays on Aesthetics written by Zehou Li and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in English, Li Zehou's philosophical aesthetics interpret the historical origins and evolution of aesthetic experience and their significance to the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth of human beings. Although LI's ideas have been debated in China for more than two decades, his conversations with Jane Cauvel will now allow Western students and philosophers to re-encounter Chinese and Western conceptions of aesthetics, and the way art shapes indiciduals, societies, technology, and the future of humankind.