Isbn: 9780948462924 - double screen: medium and representation in chinese painting pb (essays in art and culture) (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book contemplates a large problem: what is a traditional Chinese painting? Wu Hung answers this question through a comprehensive analysis of the screen, a major format and a popular pictorial motif in traditional China. With a broad array of examples ranging from the early centuries C.E. to the 1800s, he explores the screens position in art as an important site for artistic imagination, as an illusionary representation on a flat surface, and as an architectural device defining cultural conventions. A screen occupies a space and divides it, supplies an ideal surface for painting, and has been a favourite pictorial image in Chinese art since antiquity. With its diverse roles, the screen has provided Chinese painters with endless opportunities to reinvent their art. The author argues that any understanding of Chinese painting must include discussion of its material forms as well as its intimate connection with cultural context and convention. Thus, The Double Screen offers a powerful non-western perspective on diverse artistic and cultural genres, from portraiture and pictorial narrative to voyeurism and masqerade, and will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history of art and Asian studies as well as to students and specialists in the field. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 296 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 296.

Zustand: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. Pages lightly yellowed. Slight crease in spine with a little handling wear to edges of covers. Overall a clean, tidy copy.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThe Double Screen contemplates a large problem: what is a traditional Chinese painting? Wu Hung answers this question through a comprehensive analysis of the screen, a popular pictorial motif in traditional China.