Author: Shane McCausland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This volume contains twenty-one fully illustrated papers by contributors to an international colloquium held in June 2001, jointly organised by the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and the British Museum. It constitutes full publication of an iconic early major masterwork of Chinese figure painting which has been in the British Museum since 1903 but is rarely on display for conservation reasons. The illustrations make use of new high-quality digital photography of every aspect of the world-famous scroll.
Gu Kaizhi and the Admonitions Scroll
Author: Shane McCausland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This volume contains twenty-one fully illustrated papers by contributors to an international colloquium held in June 2001, jointly organised by the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and the British Museum. It constitutes full publication of an iconic early major masterwork of Chinese figure painting which has been in the British Museum since 1903 but is rarely on display for conservation reasons. The illustrations make use of new high-quality digital photography of every aspect of the world-famous scroll.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This volume contains twenty-one fully illustrated papers by contributors to an international colloquium held in June 2001, jointly organised by the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and the British Museum. It constitutes full publication of an iconic early major masterwork of Chinese figure painting which has been in the British Museum since 1903 but is rarely on display for conservation reasons. The illustrations make use of new high-quality digital photography of every aspect of the world-famous scroll.
First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting
Author: Shane McCausland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This book highlights a major masterpiece of Chinese art in the British Museum, rarely on display for conservation reasons. It makes available new, high-quality digital photography of the famous Admonitions Scroll, plus text on its iconic status and the mysteries surrounding its attribution.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This book highlights a major masterpiece of Chinese art in the British Museum, rarely on display for conservation reasons. It makes available new, high-quality digital photography of the famous Admonitions Scroll, plus text on its iconic status and the mysteries surrounding its attribution.
First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting
Author: Shane McCausland
Publisher: George Braziller
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"This fascinating book guides the reader through the details of the scroll's dating, authorship and provenance, explaining how the painting relates to Gu Kaizhi and reflects his artistic genius. New photography brings this delicate and rarely exhibited work to life, scene by scene. The author also explores the scroll's calligraphy, its history over many dynasties as it passed through the hands of collectors and connoisseurs, and its iconic status in the modern world."--Jacket
Publisher: George Braziller
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"This fascinating book guides the reader through the details of the scroll's dating, authorship and provenance, explaining how the painting relates to Gu Kaizhi and reflects his artistic genius. New photography brings this delicate and rarely exhibited work to life, scene by scene. The author also explores the scroll's calligraphy, its history over many dynasties as it passed through the hands of collectors and connoisseurs, and its iconic status in the modern world."--Jacket
The Admonitions Scroll
Author: Jan Stuart
Publisher: British Museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The Admonitions scroll is an internationally recognized masterpiece of narrative painting and is arguably the earliest surviving Chinese painting. Painted in ink and colour on silk and traditionally attributed to the founding figure of Chinese painting, Gu Kaizhi, the scroll entered the British Museum in 1903 and has become one of its most famous objects.
Publisher: British Museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The Admonitions scroll is an internationally recognized masterpiece of narrative painting and is arguably the earliest surviving Chinese painting. Painted in ink and colour on silk and traditionally attributed to the founding figure of Chinese painting, Gu Kaizhi, the scroll entered the British Museum in 1903 and has become one of its most famous objects.
Ming China
Author: Craig Clunas
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN: 9780861592050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
his illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference 'Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450' held October 9-October 11, 2014 and that accompanied the British Museum's major exhibition Ming: 50 years that changed China (September 2014-January 2015). The scope of the exhibition and conference focused on Ming dynasty China in the years 1400 to 1450.
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN: 9780861592050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
his illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference 'Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450' held October 9-October 11, 2014 and that accompanied the British Museum's major exhibition Ming: 50 years that changed China (September 2014-January 2015). The scope of the exhibition and conference focused on Ming dynasty China in the years 1400 to 1450.
A Chinese Garden Court
Author: Alfreda Murck
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Social Life of Inkstones
Author: Dorothy Ko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780295999180
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and a surface on which texts and images are carved. As such, the inkstone has been entangled with elite masculinity and the values of wen (culture, literature, civility) in China, Korea, and Japan for more than a millennium. However, for such a ubiquitous object in East Asia, it is virtually unknown in the Western world. Examining imperial workshops in the Forbidden City, the Duan quarries in Guangdong, the commercial workshops in Suzhou, and collectors' homes in Fujian, The Social Life of Inkstones traces inkstones between court and society and shows how collaboration between craftsmen and scholars created a new social order in which the traditional hierarchy of "head over hand" no longer predominated. Dorothy Ko also highlights the craftswoman Gu Erniang, through whose work the artistry of inkstone-making achieved unprecedented refinement between the 1680s and 1730s. The Social Life of Inkstones explores the hidden history and cultural significance of the inkstone and puts the stonecutters and artisans on center stage. A William Sangki and Nanhee Min Hahn Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780295999180
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and a surface on which texts and images are carved. As such, the inkstone has been entangled with elite masculinity and the values of wen (culture, literature, civility) in China, Korea, and Japan for more than a millennium. However, for such a ubiquitous object in East Asia, it is virtually unknown in the Western world. Examining imperial workshops in the Forbidden City, the Duan quarries in Guangdong, the commercial workshops in Suzhou, and collectors' homes in Fujian, The Social Life of Inkstones traces inkstones between court and society and shows how collaboration between craftsmen and scholars created a new social order in which the traditional hierarchy of "head over hand" no longer predominated. Dorothy Ko also highlights the craftswoman Gu Erniang, through whose work the artistry of inkstone-making achieved unprecedented refinement between the 1680s and 1730s. The Social Life of Inkstones explores the hidden history and cultural significance of the inkstone and puts the stonecutters and artisans on center stage. A William Sangki and Nanhee Min Hahn Book
Production, Distribution and Appreciation: New Aspects of East Asian Lacquer Ware
Author: Patricia Frick
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004384383
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Production, Distribution and Appreciation: New Aspects of East Asian Lacquer Wares presents a comprehensive study on various new aspects of lacquer ware in China, Korea and Japan.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004384383
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Production, Distribution and Appreciation: New Aspects of East Asian Lacquer Wares presents a comprehensive study on various new aspects of lacquer ware in China, Korea and Japan.
Empire of Style
Author: BuYun Chen
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295745312
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Tang dynasty (618–907) China hummed with cosmopolitan trends. Its capital at Chang’an was the most populous city in the world and was connected via the Silk Road with the critical markets and thriving cultures of Central Asia and the Middle East. In Empire of Style, BuYun Chen reveals a vibrant fashion system that emerged through the efforts of Tang artisans, wearers, and critics of clothing. Across the empire, elite men and women subverted regulations on dress to acquire majestic silks and au courant designs, as shifts in economic and social structures gave rise to what we now recognize as precursors of a modern fashion system: a new consciousness of time, a game of imitation and emulation, and a shift in modes of production. This first book on fashion in premodern China is informed by archaeological sources—paintings, figurines, and silk artifacts—and textual records such as dynastic annals, poetry, tax documents, economic treatises, and sumptuary laws. Tang fashion is shown to have flourished in response to a confluence of social, economic, and political changes that brought innovative weavers and chic court elites to the forefront of history. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/empire-of-style
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295745312
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Tang dynasty (618–907) China hummed with cosmopolitan trends. Its capital at Chang’an was the most populous city in the world and was connected via the Silk Road with the critical markets and thriving cultures of Central Asia and the Middle East. In Empire of Style, BuYun Chen reveals a vibrant fashion system that emerged through the efforts of Tang artisans, wearers, and critics of clothing. Across the empire, elite men and women subverted regulations on dress to acquire majestic silks and au courant designs, as shifts in economic and social structures gave rise to what we now recognize as precursors of a modern fashion system: a new consciousness of time, a game of imitation and emulation, and a shift in modes of production. This first book on fashion in premodern China is informed by archaeological sources—paintings, figurines, and silk artifacts—and textual records such as dynastic annals, poetry, tax documents, economic treatises, and sumptuary laws. Tang fashion is shown to have flourished in response to a confluence of social, economic, and political changes that brought innovative weavers and chic court elites to the forefront of history. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/empire-of-style
Taoism and the Arts of China
Author: Stephen Little
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.