Chinese Art And Its Encounter With The World

Author : David Clarke
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789888083060

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Chinese Art and Its Encounter with the World by David Clarke Pdf

Chinese Art and Its Encounter with the Worldexamines Chinese art from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, beginning with discussion of a Chinese portrait modeler from Canton who traveled to London in 1769, and ending with an analysis of art and visual culture in post-colonial Hong Kong. By means of a series of six closely-focused case studies, often deliberately introducing non-canonical or previously marginalized aspects of Chinese visual culture, it analyzes Chinese art's encounter with the broader world, and in particular with the West. Offering more than a simple charting of influences, it uncovers a pattern of richly mutual interchange between Chinese art and its others. Arguing that we cannot fully understand modern Chinese art without taking this expanded global context into account, it attempts to break down barriers between areas of art history which have hitherto largely been treated within separate and often nationally-conceived frames. Aware that issues of cultural difference need to be addressed by art historians as much as by artists, it represents a pioneering attempt to produce art historical writing which is truly global in approach. David Clarkeis Professor in the Department of Fine Arts, University of Hong Kong.

Author : David James Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : 9882209793

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Chinese Art and Its Encounter with the World by David James Clarke Pdf

This title examines Chinese art from the mid-18th century to the present, beginning with discussion of a Chinese portrait modeller from Canton who travelled to London in 1769, and ending with an analysis of art and visual culture in post-colonial Hong Kong.

Author : David Clarke
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789888455911

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China—Art—Modernity by David Clarke Pdf

China—Art—Modernity provides a critical introduction to modern and contemporary Chinese art as a whole. It illuminates what is distinctive and significant about the rich range of art created during the tumultuous period of Chinese history from the end of Imperial rule to the present day. The story of Chinese art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is shown to be deeply intertwined with that of the country’s broader socio-political development, with art serving both as a tool for the creation of a new national culture and as a means for critiquing the forms that culture has taken. The book’s approach is inclusive. In addition to treating art within the Chinese Mainland itself during the Republican and Communist eras, for instance, it also looks at the art of colonial Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora. Similarly, it gives equal prominence to artists employing tools and idioms of indigenous Chinese origin and those who engage with international styles and contemporary media. In this way it writes China into the global story of modern art as a whole at a moment in intellectual history when Western-centred stories of modern and contemporary culture are finally being recognized as parochial and inadequate. Assuming no previous background knowledge of Chinese history and culture, this concise yet comprehensive and richly-illustrated book will appeal to those who already have an established interest in modern Chinese art and those for whom this is a novel topic. It will be of particular value to students of Chinese art or modern art in general, but it is also for those in the wider reading public with a curiosity about modern China. At a time when that country has become a major actor on the world stage in all sorts of ways, accessible sources of information concerning its modern visual culture are nevertheless surprisingly scarce. As a consequence, a fully nuanced picture of China’s place in the modern world remains elusive. China—Art—Modernity is a timely remedy for that situation. ‘Here is a book that offers a comprehensive account of the dizzying transformations of Chinese art and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Breaking free of conventional dichotomies between traditional and modern, Chinese and Western that have hobbled earlier studies, Clarke’s highly original book is exactly what I would assign my own students. Anyone eager to understand developments in China within the global history of modern art should read this book.’ —Robert E. Harrist Jr., Columbia University ‘Clarke’s book presents a critically astute mapping of the arts of modern and contemporary China. It highlights the significance of urban and industrial contexts, migration, diasporas and the margins of the mainland, while imaginatively seeking to inscribe its subject into the broader story of modern art. A timely and reliable intervention—and indispensable for the student and non-specialist reader.’ —Shane McCausland, SOAS University of London

Author : Maxwell K. Hearn
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588392817

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How to Read Chinese Paintings by Maxwell K. Hearn Pdf

"Together the text and illustrations gradually reveal many of the major themes and characteristics of Chinese painting. To "read" these works is to enter a dialogue with the past. Slowly perusing a scroll or album, one shares an intimate experience that has been repeated over the centuries. And it is through such readings that meaning is gradually revealed."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Adrian Cheng,John Dodelande
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 44,9 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 : Yan Zhou
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789811511417

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A History of Contemporary Chinese Art by Yan Zhou Pdf

Chinese art has experienced its most profound metamorphosis since the early 1950s, transforming from humble realism to socialist realism, from revolutionary art to critical realism, then avant-garde movement, and globalized Chinese art. With a hybrid mix of Chinese philosophy, imported but revised Marxist ideology, and western humanities, Chinese artists have created an alternative approach – after a great ideological and aesthetic transition in the 1980s – toward its own contemporaneity though interacting and intertwining with the art of rest of the world. This book will investigate, from the perspective of an activist, critic, and historian who grew up prior to and participated in the great transition, and then researched and taught the subject, the evolution of Chinese art in modern and contemporary times. The volume will be a comprehensive and insightful history of the one of the most sophisticated and unparalleled artistic and cultural phenomena in the modern world.

Author : Martin J. Powers,Katherine R. Tsiang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781119121695

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A Companion to Chinese Art by Martin J. Powers,Katherine R. Tsiang Pdf

Exploring the history of art in China from its earliest incarnations to the present day, this comprehensive volume includes two dozen newly-commissioned essays spanning the theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art and theory throughout its history. Provides an exceptional collection of essays promoting a comparative understanding of China’s long record of cultural production Brings together an international team of scholars from East and West, whose contributions range from an overview of pre-modern theory, to those exploring calligraphy, fine painting, sculpture, accessories, and more Articulates the direction in which the field of Chinese art history is moving, as well as providing a roadmap for historians interested in comparative study or theory Proposes new and revisionist interpretations of the literati tradition, which has long been an important staple of Chinese art history Offers a rich insight into China’s social and political institutions, religious and cultural practices, and intellectual traditions, alongside Chinese art history, theory, and criticism

Author : Asia Society. Galleries,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520217470

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Inside/out by Asia Society. Galleries,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Pdf

The late twentieth century has been marked by momentous political, economic, and social change throughout the Chinese world. Deeply rooted cultural assumptions and ancient visual traditions have been challenged by rapid modernization and conflicting global, ethnic, and local identities. Inside/Out: New Chinese Art was the first major international exhibition to explore the impact of these challenges on artists in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and those of the 1980s Diaspora. The multifaceted exhibition and accompanying catalog encompass an extensive range of artistic forms, including installation, video, and performance art as well as more traditional media such as oils and ink. The art is grouped according to themes, some specific to regions and others that reflect widespread and overlapping trends. With the inclusion of ambiguous territories like Hong Kong and Taiwan, the exhibition opens up a perspective of modern Chinese art from the "outside" as well as a looking-out from the "inside." The catalog features essays by eminent Chinese art scholars and curators along with leading curators and historians of Western art. Together they promote Chinese art's rightful place in the contemporary global cultural arena and at the same time acknowledge the influence of its rich heritage. The diversity and freshness of the exhibition reflects the explosion of creativity among Chinese artists during the past decade. The ironic social commentary of Li Shan's The Rouge Series, no. 24, the "apartment art" of artists reacting against the traditional patronage of large museums and corporations, and Wang Jin's sly humor in portraying consumer fetishes in today's China are a few examples of the spirited artistry awaiting the viewers of Inside/Out.

Author : Jiang Jiehong
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500776285

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The Art of Contemporary China (World of Art) by Jiang Jiehong Pdf

A redefinition of contemporary Chinese art from the last forty years in the context of unprecedented cultural, political, and urban transformation, written by an authority on the subject. Contemporary Chinese art is a subject of sustained and growing significance in present-day culture across the globe. This new volume in the World of Art series reframes Chinese art since the end of China’s Cultural Revolution more than four decades ago, placing it in the context of the nation’s unprecedented cultural, political, and urban transformation. Based on original research by writer, curator, and leading scholar in the field of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang Jiehong, this volume explores the area through firsthand materials and in-depth interviews with more than thirty artists. Providing the most up-to-date understanding of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang includes a variety of media, ranging from painting, printmaking, sculpture, and photography to installation, video, performance, and participatory art. Featuring over 150 color images of artworks by more than fifty internationally renowned Chinese artists, including Ai Weiwei and Zhang Peili, as well as emerging artists, such as Zhao Zhao, The Art of Contemporary China presents a wide variety of practices through curatorial discussions and images of original installation views and historical art events. What emerges are revelations on art, and new insights into contemporary China. Fulfilling a need for an accessible, affordable introduction to contemporary Chinese art, this volume offers a concise but far-reaching survey of the movement.

Author : Colin Mackenzie,Katie Hill,Jeffrey Moser
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : John Clark,Juliane Noth,Birgit Hopfener,Brianne Cohen,Silke von Berswordt,Wang Ching-ling,Doris Ha-lin Sung,Adele Tan,Zheng Bo,Beatrice Leanza,Thomas Berghuis,Peggy Wang,Pauline Yao,Paul Gladston,Joe Martin Hill,Lee Ambrozy,Wenny Teo,Franziska Koch,Andreas Schmid,Davide Quadrio
Publisher : VDG Weimar - Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783958994607

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Negotiating Difference by John Clark,Juliane Noth,Birgit Hopfener,Brianne Cohen,Silke von Berswordt,Wang Ching-ling,Doris Ha-lin Sung,Adele Tan,Zheng Bo,Beatrice Leanza,Thomas Berghuis,Peggy Wang,Pauline Yao,Paul Gladston,Joe Martin Hill,Lee Ambrozy,Wenny Teo,Franziska Koch,Andreas Schmid,Davide Quadrio Pdf

Contemporary Chinese art is still a young field now being opened up to critical academic research. Negotiating Difference is a pioneering collection of articles which engage with contemporary Chinese art in a global context. The contributions collectively address the urgent methodological question of how to describe, contextualize and theorize artworks and artistic processes in and beyond the People's Republic of China since the end of the Cultural Revolution. The studies break new ground as they chalk out the transcultural entanglements of which art and its practices partake and which they in turn reconfigure. The book features 20 essays written by a select group of international junior and senior scholars engaged in ambitious and methodologically innovative research on contemporary Chinese art. Their multi-faceted, in part interdisciplinary approaches are complemented by four contributions by distinguished practitioners in the field, who - as art curators and critics - are located in China and explore key developments within Chinese art and the changing art scene of the last three decades.

Author : Clare Hibbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : 1844210553

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Chinese by Clare Hibbert Pdf

This series takes an in-depth look at both the decorative and functional art and design of a given culture. The engaging text explains how the art ties in to the culture, what it means, why it was created, and what it's used for or represents. Fine art, architecture, music and theater, cookware, clothing and textiles and other topics are all discussed. Feature boxes highlight fascinating bits of information on a specific topic, such as African embroidery.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Maxwell K. Hearn
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780870994838

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Ancient Chinese Art by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Maxwell K. Hearn Pdf

Author : Mary Wiseman,Liu Yuedi,Yuedi Liu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004187955

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Subversive Strategies in Contemporary Chinese Art by Mary Wiseman,Liu Yuedi,Yuedi Liu Pdf

How contemporary Chinese art is creating “a philosophy of life, a philosophy of politics, and a natural philosophy,” as artist Qiu Zhijie says it must, is explored in this collection of essays by philosophers and art historians from America and China.

Author : Tatiana Chemi,Lihong Wang,Xiangyun Du
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004399488

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Arts-Based Education by Tatiana Chemi,Lihong Wang,Xiangyun Du Pdf

Arts-Based Education: China and Its Intersection with the World investigates the field of arts-based educational practices and research.