Some Technical Terms Of Chinese Painting

Author : Maria CHENG, TANG Wai Hung, Eric CHOY
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789629371883

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Essential Terms of Chinese Painting by Maria CHENG, TANG Wai Hung, Eric CHOY Pdf

Essential Terms of Chinese Painting provides a comprehensive coverage of the broad spectrum of Chinese painting. Through an array of some 900 terms, it exhibits the history of Chinese culture, as interpreted by artists and portrayed in their work. In masterful detail, it describes not only the artistic implements and drawing styles, but also how these are influenced by changing cultural considerations over time such as religion, philosophy, intellectual ideas, and political developments. From the broad view of how the change of dynasties affected painting trends in both format and subject, to the smallest detail of the methods used to paint different styles of tree branches, this is a full compendium of the scope and depth of artwork from China. This volume features twelve chapters which • explore all major areas of art including techniques, implements and materials, inscriptions and seals, painting and mounting formats for all categories including landscape, bird-and-flower, figure and auspicious paintings; • provide a helpful resource for readers to enjoy Chinese art with over 500 full-colour illustrations and pictures to further elaborate the terms discussed; • serve as an introduction to begin a true understanding of traditional Chinese painting.

Author : Jane Evans
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486136837

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Chinese Brush Painting by Jane Evans Pdf

"How-to" manual provides all levels of students with detailed methods for painting such simple subjects as bamboo and plum blossoms as well as more ambitious motifs. 150 illustrations, including 82 in full color.

Author : Hugo Munsterberg
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781462913121

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Landscape Painting of China and Japan by Hugo Munsterberg Pdf

The Landscape Painting of China and Japan presents for the first time in English a full and lucid account of the remarkable art form which, as a distinct tradition in Oriental art, has come to be universally recognized as one of the greatest in the world. The author points out how essential it is to an understanding of the Orient when he says: "In China alone, landscape painting has religious as well as philosophical significance…and in consequence is one of the great manifestations of the human spirit, as well as the most remarkable creation of the Chinese artistic genius." And it was this same artistic tradition which, brought to Japan, was transmuted by the intense Japanese love of nature into paintings that "for sheer beauty of color and design have few equals," leading at last to the simplicity and grandeur of the uniquely Japanese woodblock print. Writing for scholar and layman alike, the author carefully traces the evolution of the art throughout its long history, discusses the major artistic personalities against their cultural backgrounds, and systematically describes the development and forms of the landscape. The text is thoroughly illustrated with over a hundred carefully selected plates and a colored frontispiece.

Author : Wu Hung
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996-11-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781861898425

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The Double Screen by Wu Hung Pdf

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.

Author : Paul Nietupski,Joan O'Mara
Publisher : Lehigh University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611460728

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Reading Asian Art and Artifacts by Paul Nietupski,Joan O'Mara Pdf

This book begins with the understanding that, in addition to its aesthetic qualities, Asian art and material artifacts are expressive of cultural realities and constitute a 'visible language' with messages that can be read, interpreted, and analyzed. Asian art and artifacts are understood in their contexts, as 'windows' into cultures, and as such can be used as a powerful pedagogical tool in many academic disciplines. The book includes essays by scholars of Asian art, philosophy, anthropology, and religion that focus on objects held in ASIANetwork schools. The ASIANetwork collections are reflective of Asian societies, historical and religious environments, political positions, and economic conditions. The art objects and artifacts were discovered sometimes in storage and were sometimes poorly understood and variously described as fine art, curiosities, souvenirs, and markers of events in a school's history. The chapter authors tell the stories of the collections, and the collections themselves tell stories of the collectors. This volume is intended for use in many disciplines, and its interpretive structures are adaptable to other examples of art and artifacts in other colleges, universities, and museums. An online database of some 2000 art objects held in the ASIANetwork schools' collections supplements this book.

Author : Maxwell K. Hearn,Wen Fong
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Painting, Chinese
ISBN : 9780870999055

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Along the Riverbank by Maxwell K. Hearn,Wen Fong Pdf

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.

Author : Robert J. Maeda
Publisher : U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780472038138

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Two Twelfth-Century Texts on Chinese Painting by Robert J. Maeda Pdf

Two Twelfth-Century Texts on Chinese Painting presents two texts in translation that provide dual insight into the Painting Academy of Emperor Hui-tsung and the literati school of painting. The Shan-shui ch’un-ch’uan chi is a treatise for beginning landscape painters dated to the Hsüan-ho era. The treatise was written by Han Cho, a reputed member of the Academy, but the text was not specifically directed at Academicians. The treatise collects and orders previous writings on landscape painting; one of Han Cho’s main goals is to list all landscape definitions and their practical application in painting. Yet his view is more detached and analytical than a stereotypical Academy painter, revealing an approach reminiscent of Confucian scholarship and literati painting as well. The Hua-chi by Teng Ch’un is a history of painting that was written as a sequel to two earlier painting histories. In ten chapters, Teng Ch’un compiles facts and critical evaluations of painters from 1075 to 1167, as well as listings of selected masterpieces. Teng Ch’un provides more specific information about the Academy than Han Cho, discussing its organization and examination system, and noting that “form-likeness” and adherence to rules were leading standards for painting in the Academy. On the other hand, he thinks that painting should transmit “soul,” not just “form.” Thus, Teng Ch’un writes the history of both the establishment values of the Academy and the intellectual tendencies of the literati.

Author : Charles Lachman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004645356

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Evaluations of Sung Dynasty Painters of Renown by Charles Lachman Pdf

Author : Dekun Zheng
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : 9622012795

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Studies in Chinese Archaeology by Dekun Zheng Pdf

'This volume comprises nine articles that fall into three categories: general survey of Chinese archaeology as well as the author's visit to Tom Harrison's field work in Sarawak in 1966; field reports on archaeological sites in Fujian and Sichuan; and archaeological investigations in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and Fujian.

Author : Eliot Deutsch
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780824851255

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Studies in Comparative Aesthetics (Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, no.2) by Eliot Deutsch Pdf

Author : Xiping Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789811679360

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A Study on the Influence of Ancient Chinese Cultural Classics Abroad in the Twentieth Century by Xiping Zhang Pdf

This book presents an extensive literary survey of the influence of ancient Chinese cultural classics around the globe, highlighting a mammoth research project involving over forty countries or regions and more than twenty languages. As the book reveals, ancient Chinese culture was introduced to East Asian countries or regions very early on; furthermore, after the late Ming Dynasty, Chinese “knowhow” and ideas increasingly made inroads into the West. In particular, the translation of and research on Chinese classics around the world have enabled Chinese culture to take root and blossom on an unprecedented scale. In addition to offering a valuable resource for readers interested in culture, the social sciences, and philosophy, the book blazes new trails for the study of ancient Chinese culture.

Author : Joseph R. Levenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136572524

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Confucian China and its Modern Fate by Joseph R. Levenson Pdf

First published in 1958 These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume One includes: · The critique of Idealism · Science and Ch'ing empiricism · The Ming style, in society and art · Confucianism and the end of the Taoist connection · Eclecticism in the area of native Chinese choices · T'i and Yung · The Chin-Wen School and the classical sanction · The modern Ku-Wen opposition to Chin-Wen reformism · The role of nationalism · Communism · Western powers and Chinese revolutions · Language change and the problem of continuity

Author : Fritz van Briessen
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781462902927

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Way of the Brush by Fritz van Briessen Pdf

The Way of the Brush: Painting Techniques of China and Japan examines the technique, style, traditions, and methods of Chinese ink painting and how they were interpreted in Japanese art. Illustrated with over 250 images and packed with instructions, The Way of the Brush covers every aspect of brush painting, from brushstrokes, composition and the painting surface to meaning, perspective and artistic philosophy. Part One is a study of the techniques of Chinese painting and explains the elements, techniques and principles which eventually carried over into Japanese painting. Part Two is devoted to technical challenges and basic problems associated with the art, including the issue of fakes and forgeries of Chinese art in Japan. Also included are three appendices and a full bibliography.

Author : Leqi Yu
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789888754236

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Painting Architecture by Leqi Yu Pdf

In Painting Architecture: Jiehua in Yuan China, 1271–1368, Leqi Yu has conducted comprehensive research on jiehua or ruled-line painting, a unique painting genre in fourteenth-century China. This genre relies on tools such as rulers to represent architectural details and structures accurately. Such technical consideration and mechanical perfection linked this painting category with the builder’s art, which led to Chinese elites’ belittlement and won Mongol patrons’ admiration. Yu suggests that painters in the Yuan dynasty made new efforts towards a unique modular system and an unsurpassable plain-drawing tradition. She argues that these two strategies made architectural paintings in the Yuan dynasty entirely different from their predecessors, as well as making the art form extremely difficult for subsequent painters to imitate. “Architecture has been a subject of Chinese painting for two millennia, but has remained elusive. Painting Architecture explains the reasons as well as why the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries are pivotal. The book also translates the vast writings on architectural painting, places the paintings in historical context, and assesses the relation between the paintings and actual buildings. The superior scholarship and original interpretation ensure that paintings of architecture will be part of future discourse about Chinese painting.” —Nancy Steinhardt, professor, University of Pennsylvania “Focusing on the development of jiehua in the fourteenth century when the Mongols ruled China, Yu’s book raises issues beyond the field of painting history, including architectural history, aesthetics, and social-historical studies. It is a long-awaited contribution to a rarely studied painting genre and an admirable accomplishment of multidisciplinary research on Chinese art.” —Qianshen Bai, associate professor emeritus, Boston University

Author : Joseph Richmond Levenson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Confucian China and Its Modern Fate by Joseph Richmond Levenson Pdf