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The Chinese Art Book

Author : Colin Mackenzie

Publisher : Phaidon Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 18,2 MB

Release : 2013-09-23

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780714865751

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The Chinese Art Book is a beautifully packaged, authoritative, and unprecedented overview of Chinese art from its earliest dynasties to the contemporary generation of artists enlivening today's art world. 300 works represent every form of Chinese visual art, including painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, figurines, jade, bronze, gold and silver, photography, video, installation, and performance art. Full of surprises for readers of all levels, The Chinese Art Book breaks new ground by pairing works that speak to one another in unexpected ways, enlightening historical, stylistic and cultural connections. Concise descriptive essays place each work in context, while cross-references lead the reader on a fascinating journey through Chinese art history. The Chinese Art Book features an introductory essay by Colin Mackenzie, Senior Curator of Chinese Art at the Nelson-Akins Museum of Art, along with an accessible summary of Chinese political and cultural history, a comprehensive glossary defining technical terms, and an illustrated timeline.



Traditional Chinese Painting Masterpieces of Art

Author : Sharmaine Kwan

Publisher : Flame Tree Illustrated

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 31,18 MB

Release : 2019-08-29

Category : Art

ISBN : 9781787553002

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Traditional Chinese painting is one of the purest art forms in existence, continuing as it does the techniques and themes that have been employed over centuries to create the most exquisite works in ink and wash. Whether meticulously realist or vibrantly expressive, often expertly combining skilful calligraphy with stunning draughtsmanship, these works all pay homage to what went before them. Focusing on classical painting, especially the colour-infused work of the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing dynasties (1644–1912), this delightful book reveals the fascinating history of Chinese painting. From Dai Jin to Ma Quan; from dramatic mountainscapes and tranquil rivers, through intricate and vivid depictions of animals and flowers, to peaceful pastoral scenes and busy tableaux of court life, the engaging text and lush reproductions ensure an enchanting read.



Ancient Chinese Art

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page : 97 pages

File Size : 49,76 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Art

ISBN : 0870994832

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Chinese Painting and Its Audiences

Author : Craig Clunas

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 37,25 MB

Release : 2017-02-28

Category : Art

ISBN : 0691171939

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What is Chinese painting? When did it begin? And what are the different associations of this term in China and the West? In Chinese Painting and Its Audiences, which is based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts given at the National Gallery of Art, leading art historian Craig Clunas draws from a wealth of artistic masterpieces and lesser-known pictures, some of them discussed here in English for the first time, to show how Chinese painting has been understood by a range of audiences over five centuries, from the Ming Dynasty to today. Richly illustrated, Chinese Painting and Its Audiences demonstrates that viewers in China and beyond have irrevocably shaped this great artistic tradition. Arguing that audiences within China were crucially important to the evolution of Chinese painting, Clunas considers how Chinese artists have imagined the reception of their own work. By examining paintings that depict people looking at paintings, he introduces readers to ideal types of viewers: the scholar, the gentleman, the merchant, the nation, and the people. In discussing the changing audiences for Chinese art, Clunas emphasizes that the diversity and quantity of images in Chinese culture make it impossible to generalize definitively about what constitutes Chinese painting. Exploring the complex relationships between works of art and those who look at them, Chinese Painting and Its Audiences sheds new light on how the concept of Chinese painting has been formed and reformed over hundreds of years.



Chinese Art

Author : Patricia Bjaaland Welch

Publisher : Tuttle Publishing

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 13,8 MB

Release : 2013-02-19

Category : Art

ISBN : 1462906893

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With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations, this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, religious beings, mortals and inanimate objects. The book thoroughly illuminates the origins, common usages and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery is an essential reference for collectors, museum-goers, guides, students and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China.



Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

Author : Richard M. Barnhart

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 33,46 MB

Release : 1997-01-01

Category : Art

ISBN : 0300094477

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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.



The Double Screen

Author : Wu Hung

Publisher : Reaktion Books

Page : 298 pages

File Size : 39,33 MB

Release : 1996-11-22

Category : Art

ISBN : 1861898428

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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.



Ten Thousand Things

Author : Lothar Ledderose

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 22,57 MB

Release : 2023-10-17

Category : Art

ISBN : 0691252882

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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.



Children in Chinese Art

Author : Ann Elizabeth Barrott Wicks

Publisher : University of Hawaii Press

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 34,40 MB

Release : 2002-01-01

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780824823597

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Annotation Experts in the fields of Chinese art, religion, literature, and history introduce and illuminate many of the issues surrounding child imagery in China, including the frequent use of pictures of children to reinforce social values. Topics include a historical overview; images of children in song, painting, poetry, at play, as icons of good fortune, and in stories; the childhood of gods and sages; folk deities; and family pictures. The text is accompanied by 100-plus color and b&w illustrations. A glossary of Chinese characters is included. Edited by Wicks (art history, Miami U). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).



中国绘画珍藏

Author : 林武汉

Publisher : 中信出版社

Page : 229 pages

File Size : 24,57 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Painting

ISBN : 9787508510309

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Traditional Chinese painting represents the best traditions of oriental painting, and occupies an important place in the art gallery of the world. Included in this album are precious Chinese paintings drawn from the Jin (265-420) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), which are in the collection of the Palace Museum of Beijing and Taipei separately, as well as numerous art museums at home and abroad.