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A Companion to Chinese Art explores one of the world s greatest and richest artistic traditions. Including over two dozen newly-commissioned essays written by an international team of scholars from East and West, it examines the multi-faceted theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art throughout its history.

Table of Contents
List of Figures xi

Notes on Contributors xv

Introduction 1
Martin J. Powers and Katherine R. Tsiang

Part I Production and Distribution 27

1 Court Painting 29
Patricia Ebrey

2 The Culture of Art Collecting in Imperial China 47
Scarlett Jang

3 Art, Print, and Cultural Discourse in Early Modern China 73
J. P. Park

4 Art and Early Chinese Archaeological Materials 91
Xiaoneng Yang

Part II Representation and Reality 113

5 Figure Painting: Fragments of the Precious Mirror 115
Shane McCausland

6 The Language of Portraiture in China 136
Dora C. Y. Ching

7 Visualizing the Divine in Medieval China 158
Katherine R. Tsiang

8 Landscape 177
Peter C. Sturman

9 Concepts of Architectural Space in Historical Chinese Thought 195
Cary Y. Liu

10 Time in Early Chinese Art 212
Eugene Y. Wang

Part III Theories and Terms 233

11 The Art of “Ritual Artifacts” (Liqi): Discourse and Practice 235
Wu Hung

12 Classification, Canon, and Genre 254
Richard Vinograd

13 Conceptual and Qualitative Terms in Historical Perspective 277
Ronald Egan

14 Imitation and Originality, Theory and Practice 293
Ginger Cheng-chi Hs¨u

15 Calligraphy 312
Qianshen Bai

16 Emptiness-Substance: Xushi 329
Jason C. Kuo

Part IV Objects and Persons 349

17 Artistic Status and Social Agency 351
Martin J. Powers

18 Ornament in China 371
Jessica Rawson

19 Folding Fans and Early Modern Mirrors 392
Antonia Finnane

20 Garden Art 410
Xin Wu

21 Commercial Advertising Art in 1840–1940s “China” 431
Tani E. Barlow

Part V Word and Image 455

22 Words in Chinese Painting 457
Alfreda Murck

23 On the Origins of Literati Painting in the Song Dynasty 474
Jerome Silbergeld

24 Poetry and Pictorial Expression in Chinese Painting 499
Susan Bush

25 Popular Literature and Visual Culture in Early Modern China 517
Jianhua Chen

Index 535

A Companion to Chinese Art

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 18/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9781444339130, 978-1444339130
      ISBN10: 1444339133
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to Chinese Art explores one of the world s greatest and richest artistic traditions. Including over two dozen newly-commissioned essays written by an international team of scholars from East and West, it examines the multi-faceted theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art throughout its history.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures xi

      Notes on Contributors xv

      Introduction 1
      Martin J. Powers and Katherine R. Tsiang

      Part I Production and Distribution 27

      1 Court Painting 29
      Patricia Ebrey

      2 The Culture of Art Collecting in Imperial China 47
      Scarlett Jang

      3 Art, Print, and Cultural Discourse in Early Modern China 73
      J. P. Park

      4 Art and Early Chinese Archaeological Materials 91
      Xiaoneng Yang

      Part II Representation and Reality 113

      5 Figure Painting: Fragments of the Precious Mirror 115
      Shane McCausland

      6 The Language of Portraiture in China 136
      Dora C. Y. Ching

      7 Visualizing the Divine in Medieval China 158
      Katherine R. Tsiang

      8 Landscape 177
      Peter C. Sturman

      9 Concepts of Architectural Space in Historical Chinese Thought 195
      Cary Y. Liu

      10 Time in Early Chinese Art 212
      Eugene Y. Wang

      Part III Theories and Terms 233

      11 The Art of “Ritual Artifacts” (Liqi): Discourse and Practice 235
      Wu Hung

      12 Classification, Canon, and Genre 254
      Richard Vinograd

      13 Conceptual and Qualitative Terms in Historical Perspective 277
      Ronald Egan

      14 Imitation and Originality, Theory and Practice 293
      Ginger Cheng-chi Hs¨u

      15 Calligraphy 312
      Qianshen Bai

      16 Emptiness-Substance: Xushi 329
      Jason C. Kuo

      Part IV Objects and Persons 349

      17 Artistic Status and Social Agency 351
      Martin J. Powers

      18 Ornament in China 371
      Jessica Rawson

      19 Folding Fans and Early Modern Mirrors 392
      Antonia Finnane

      20 Garden Art 410
      Xin Wu

      21 Commercial Advertising Art in 1840–1940s “China” 431
      Tani E. Barlow

      Part V Word and Image 455

      22 Words in Chinese Painting 457
      Alfreda Murck

      23 On the Origins of Literati Painting in the Song Dynasty 474
      Jerome Silbergeld

      24 Poetry and Pictorial Expression in Chinese Painting 499
      Susan Bush

      25 Popular Literature and Visual Culture in Early Modern China 517
      Jianhua Chen

      Index 535

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