Chinese Aesthetics

Author : Zehou Li
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824833077

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The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition by Zehou Li Pdf

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."

Author : Haun Saussy
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780804766616

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The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic by Haun Saussy Pdf

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.

Author : Zongqi Cai
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0824827910

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Chinese Aesthetics by Zongqi Cai Pdf

"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

Author : Adrian Cheng,John Dodelande
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614288848

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Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection by Adrian Cheng,John Dodelande Pdf

While readers will come away from Chinese Art with a nuanced understanding of Chinese culture, the volume is also a work of art in its own right—a must-have collectible for any devotee of Chinese art and culture. Assouline’s Ultimate Collection is an homage to the art of luxury bookmaking—the oversized volume is hand-bound using traditional techniques, with several of the plates hand-tipped on art-quality paper and housed in a luxury silk clamshell.

Author : Colin Mackenzie,Katie Hill,Jeffrey Moser
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 0714865753

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The Chinese Art Book by Colin Mackenzie,Katie Hill,Jeffrey Moser Pdf

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.

Author : Eva Kit Wah Man
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9811502099

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Cross-Cultural Reflections on Chinese Aesthetics, Gender, Embodiment and Learning by Eva Kit Wah Man Pdf

​This book gathers research and writings that reflect on traditional and current global issues related to art and aesthetics, gender perspectives, body theories, knowledge and learning. It illustrates these core dimensions, which are bringing together philosophy, tradition and cultural studies and laying the groundwork for comparative research and dialogues between aesthetics, Chinese philosophies, Western feminist studies and cross-cultural thought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, the book also integrates philosophical enquiries with cultural anthropology and contextual studies. As implied in the title, the main methodologies are cross-cultural and comparative studies, which touch on performances in art and aesthetics, social existence and education, and show that philosophical enquiries, aesthetical representation and gender politics are simultaneously historical, living and contextual. The book gathers a wealth of cross-cultural reflections on philosophical aesthetics, gender existence and cultural traditions. The critical thinking within will benefit undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in the area of comparative philosophies. It blends academic rigor with personal reflection, which is a critical practice in feminist philosophy itself.

Author : Gerald Cipriani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317496519

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Chinese Environmental Aesthetics by Gerald Cipriani Pdf

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.

Author : Liyuan Zhu,H. Gene Blocker
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012417809

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Contemporary Chinese Aesthetics by Liyuan Zhu,H. Gene Blocker Pdf

This book is a collection of translations of recent work by contemporary Chinese aestheticians. Because of the relative isolation of China until recently, little is known of this rich and ongoing aesthetics tradition in China. Although some of the articles are concerned with the traditional ancient Chinese theories of art and beauty, many are inspired by Western aesthetics, including Marxism, and all are involved in cross-cultural comparisons of Chinese and Western aesthetic traditions.

Author : Li Zehou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:983755020

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The Path of Beauty by Li Zehou Pdf

Author : Corinne H. Dale
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791460215

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Chinese Aesthetics and Literature by Corinne H. Dale Pdf

Featuring the work of renowned scholars, this anthology provides an introduction to Chinese aesthetics and literature.

Author : Carol Michaelson,Jane Portal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 0674023897

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Chinese Art in Detail by Carol Michaelson,Jane Portal Pdf

Drawing on the British Museum's extensive collection, this book explores the traditional hierarchy of materials and techniques reaching back as far as the Han Dynasty in the third century BC. In the history and character of the works under scrutiny, this sumptuously illustrated book conveys an understanding of Chinese art in all its great variety.

Author : Eva Kit Wah Man
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789811502101

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Cross-Cultural Reflections on Chinese Aesthetics, Gender, Embodiment and Learning by Eva Kit Wah Man Pdf

​This book gathers research and writings that reflect on traditional and current global issues related to art and aesthetics, gender perspectives, body theories, knowledge and learning. It illustrates these core dimensions, which are bringing together philosophy, tradition and cultural studies and laying the groundwork for comparative research and dialogues between aesthetics, Chinese philosophies, Western feminist studies and cross-cultural thought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, the book also integrates philosophical enquiries with cultural anthropology and contextual studies. As implied in the title, the main methodologies are cross-cultural and comparative studies, which touch on performances in art and aesthetics, social existence and education, and show that philosophical enquiries, aesthetical representation and gender politics are simultaneously historical, living and contextual. The book gathers a wealth of cross-cultural reflections on philosophical aesthetics, gender existence and cultural traditions. The critical thinking within will benefit undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in the area of comparative philosophies. It blends academic rigor with personal reflection, which is a critical practice in feminist philosophy itself.

Author : Eva Kit Wah Man
Publisher : Springer
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783662465103

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Issues of Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Context by Eva Kit Wah Man Pdf

This book discusses how China’s transformations in the last century have shaped its arts and its philosophical aesthetics. For instance, how have political, economic and cultural changes shaped its aesthetic developments? Further, how have its long-standing beliefs and traditions clashed with modernizing desires and forces, and how have these changes materialized in artistic manifestations? In addition to answering these questions, this book also brings Chinese philosophical concepts on aesthetics into dialogue with those of the West, making an important contribution to the fields of art, comparative aesthetics and philosophy.

Author : Marcello Ghilardi,Hans-Georg Moeller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350129788

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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art by Marcello Ghilardi,Hans-Georg Moeller Pdf

For anyone working in aesthetics interested in understanding the richness of the Chinese aesthetic tradition this handbook is the place to start. Comprised of general introductory overviews, critical reflections and contextual analysis, it covers everything from the origins of aesthetics in China to the role of aesthetics in philosophy today. Beginning in early China (1st millennium BCE), it traces the Chinese aesthetic tradition, exploring the import of the term aesthetics into Chinese thought via Japan around the end of the 19th century. It looks back to early practices of art and craftsmanship, showing how the history of Chinese thought provides a multitude of artefacts and texts that give rise to a wide range of aesthetic creations and notions. Introducing various perspectives on traditional arts in China, including painting, ceramics, calligraphy, poetry, music and theatre, it explores those aesthetic traditions not included in “canonic” art forms, such as martial arts, rock gardening, and ritual performance. Written by Chinese, European, and American theoreticians and practitioners, this authoritative research resource enhances contemporary aesthetics by revealing the possibilities of a Chinese philosophy of art.

Author : Zehou Li
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016294857

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The Path of Beauty by Zehou Li Pdf

Now available in paperback, this book provides an historical overview of Chinese art from antiquity to modern times, and examines the evolution of the sociological, psychological, philosophical, and spiritual underpinnings of Chinese culture in relation to art. Li Zehou draws on examples ofsculpture, painting, calligraphy, and poetry, among other sources, to build a cogent and engaging argument about the nature of Chinese artistic values. Since it was first published in Chinese in 1981, The Path of Beauty has been read widely and translated into several languages, becoming a classic in the study of Chinese aesthetics.