Beyond Representation

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0300057016
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Beyond Representation by : Wen Fong

Download or read book Beyond Representation written by Wen Fong and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1992 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Representation surveys Chinese painting and calligraphy from the eighth to the fourteenth century, a period during which Chinese society and artistic expression underwent profound changes. A fourteenth-century Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368) literati landscape painting presents a world that is totally different from that portrayed in the monumental landscape images of the early Sung dynasty (960 - 1279). To chronicle and explain the evolution from formal representation to self-expression is the purpose of this book. Wen C. Fong, one of the world's most eminent scholars of Chinese art, takes the reader through this evolution, drawing on the outstanding collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Focusing on 118 works, each illustrated in full color, the book significantly augments the standard canon of images used to describe the period, enhancing our sense of the richness and complexity of artistic expression during this six-hundred-year era.

Ancient Chinese Art

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870994832
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis Ancient Chinese Art by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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:

Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Li Family Qunyuzhai Collection

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Li Family Qunyuzhai Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pictures for Use and Pleasure

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520258576
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Pictures for Use and Pleasure by : James Cahill

Download or read book Pictures for Use and Pleasure written by James Cahill and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an outstanding piece of work: timely, essential, authoritative, and original. Cahill throws light on obscure artists, emerging styles and regional traditions, unexplored aspects of cultural life, enigmatic iconographies, and questions of authorship and authenticity, leaving the reader richly informed and full of new ideas."--Susan Nelson, Indiana University "Cahill brings the vast body of 'vernacular' painting into the legitimate venue of art historical criticism, giving connoisseurs, viewers, and readers a more capacious and accurate grasp of the world of Chinese pictorial art."--Susan Mann, author of The Talented Women of the Zhang Family

Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Painting

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870999281
Total Pages : 319 pages
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Book Synopsis Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Painting by : Judith G. Smith

Download or read book Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Painting written by Judith G. Smith and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1999 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with a December 1999 symposium held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and an exhibition, "The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection." Twelve contributions give dissenting opinions regarding a book recently published by The Museum titled Along the Riverbank, which seeks to attribute the painting called "Riverbank" to the 10th-century landscape master Dong Yuan--an attribution that would call for the rewriting of early Chinese painting history. This volume contains 239 bandw illustrations to support the contributors' efforts to explain their opinions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Cultivated Landscapes

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588390551
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultivated Landscapes by : Maxwell K. Hearn

Download or read book Cultivated Landscapes written by Maxwell K. Hearn and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2002 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents twelve major paintings by masters of the Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), Qing dynasty (1644-1911), and modern periods.

The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520234512
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Book Synopsis The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China by : Gordon S. Barrass

Download or read book The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China written by Gordon S. Barrass and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades it has emerged as a more visually exciting modern genre, which now offers fascinating insights into the people of modern China.".

Fine Chinese Paintings

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
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Book Synopsis Fine Chinese Paintings by : Sotheby's (Firm)

Download or read book Fine Chinese Paintings written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300094477
Total Pages : 422 pages
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Book Synopsis Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting by : Richard M. Barnhart

Download or read book Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting written by Richard M. Barnhart and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team of eminent international scholars, this book is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some 3000 years.

Ink Art

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588395049
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Book Synopsis Ink Art by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Download or read book Ink Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring 70 works in various media--paintings, calligraphy, photographs, woodblock prints, video, and sculpture--that were created during the past three decades, Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China will demonstrate how China's ancient pattern of seeking cultural renewal through the reinterpretation of past models remains a viable creative path. Although all of the artists have transformed their sources through new modes of expression, visitors will recognize thematic, aesthetic, or technical attributes in their creations that have meaningful links to China's artistic past. The exhibition will be organized thematically into four parts and will include such highlights as Xu Bing's dramatic Book from the Sky (ca. 1988), an installation that will fill an entire gallery; Family Tree (2000), a set of vivid photographs documenting a performance by Zhang Huan in which his facial features--and his identity--are obscured gradually by physiognomic texts that are inscribed directly onto his face; and Map of China (2006) by Ai Weiwei, which is constructed entirely of wood salvaged from demolished Qing dynasty temples." --

The Double Screen

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226360744
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis The Double Screen by : Wu Hung

Download or read book The Double Screen written by Wu Hung and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first exploration of Chinese paintings as both material products and pictorial representations, The Double Screen shows how the collaboration and tension between material form and image gives life to a painting. A Chinese painting is often reduced to the image it bears; its material form is dismissed; its intimate connection with social activities and cultural conventions neglected. A screen occupies a space and divides it, supplies an ideal surface for painting, and has been a favorite pictorial image in Chinese art since antiquity. Wu Hung undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the screen, which can be an object, an art medium, a pictorial motif, or all three at once. With its diverse roles, the screen has provided Chinese painters with endless opportunities to reinvent their art. The Double Screen provides a powerful non-Western perspective on issues from portraiture and pictorial narrative to voyeurism, masquerade, and political rhetoric. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history of art and Asian studies.

Along the Riverbank

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870999052
Total Pages : 186 pages
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Book Synopsis Along the Riverbank by : Maxwell K. Hearn

Download or read book Along the Riverbank written by Maxwell K. Hearn and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1999 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication catalogue focuses on twelve masterpieces of Chinese landscape and figure paintings. An essay by Wen C. Fong presents an in-depth stylistic analysis and contextual history of the famed Riverbank; a detailed physical analysis is also included. An extended essay by Maxwell K. Hearn examines all twelve major paintings in the book, which range in date from the tenth to the early eighteenth century. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Screen of Kings

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Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780231407
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis Screen of Kings by : Craig Clunas

Download or read book Screen of Kings written by Craig Clunas and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy – relatives of the emperors – in Ming dynasty China (1368–1644). Through an analysis of their patronage of architecture, calligraphy, painting and other art forms, and through a study of the contents of their splendid and recently-excavated tombs, this innovative study puts the aristocracy back at the heart of accounts of China’s culture, from which they have been excluded until very recently. Screen of Kings challenges much of the received wisdom about Ming China. Craig Clunas sheds new light on many familiar artworks, as well as work that have never before been reproduced. New archaeological discoveries have furnished the author with evidence of the lavish and spectacular lifestyles of these provincial princes and demonstrate how central the imperial family was to the high culture of the Ming era. Written by the leading specialist in the art and culture of the Ming period, this book will illuminate a key aspect of China’s past, and will significantly alter our understanding of the Ming. It will be enjoyed by anyone with a serious interest in the history and art of this great civilization.

Between Two Cultures

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870999842
Total Pages : 302 pages
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Book Synopsis Between Two Cultures by : Wen Fong

Download or read book Between Two Cultures written by Wen Fong and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2001 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive assemblage in the West of paintings on this subject, the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection comprises works in the classical Chinese medium of ink on paper and in the traditional formats of scrolls, album leaves, and fans."--BOOK JACKET.

The Great Chinese Art Transfer

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611479118
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Chinese Art Transfer by : Michael St. Clair

Download or read book The Great Chinese Art Transfer written by Michael St. Clair and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of how and why millions of Chinese works of art got exported to collectors and institutions in the West, in particular to the United States. As China’s last dynasty was weakening and collapsing from 1860 into the early years of the twentieth century, China’s internal chaos allowed imperial and private Chinese collections to be scattered, looted and sold. A remarkable and varied group of Westerners entered the country, had their eyes opened to centuries of Chinese creativity and gathered up paintings, bronzes and ceramics, as well as sculptures, jades and bronzes. The migration to America and Europe of China’s art is one of the greatest outflows of a culture’s artistic heritage in human history. A good deal of the art procured by collectors and dealers, some famous and others little known but all remarkable in individual ways, eventually wound up in American and European museums. Today some of the art still in private hands is returning to China via international auctions and aggressive purchases by Chinese millionaires.

Landscapes Clear and Radiant

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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392910
Total Pages : 250 pages
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Book Synopsis Landscapes Clear and Radiant by : Wen Fong

Download or read book Landscapes Clear and Radiant written by Wen Fong and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late-seventeenth-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. Drawing upon his protean talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis of historical landscape styles that constituted one of the greatest artistic innovations of late imperial China." "This comprehensive study of the painter, the first published in English, features three essays that together consider his life and career, his artistic achievements, and his masterwork - the series of twelve monumental scrolls depicting the Kangxi emperor's Southern Inspection Tour of 1689. The first essay, by Wen C. Fong, closely examines Wang Hui's genius for "repossessing the past," his ability to engage in an inventive dialogue with previous masters and to absorb their stylistic personae while making works that were distinctly his own. Chin-Sung Chang next traces the entire trajectory of Wang's development as an artist, from his precocious youth in the village of Yushan, through growing local and national fame - first as a copyist, then as the creator of groundbreaking panoramic landscapes - to the ultimate confirmation of his stature with the commission to direct the Southern Inspection Tour project. Focusing on this extraordinary eight-year-long effort, Maxwell K. Hearn's essay discusses the contemporary sources for the scrolls, the working methods of Wang and his assistants (comparing drafts with finished versions), and the artistic innovations reflected in these imposing works, the extant examples of which measure more than two feet high and from forty-six to eighty-six feet long." "This publication accompanies the exhibition "Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 9, 2008, through January 4, 2009."--BOOK JACKET.

Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology

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Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: