{"product_id":"a-companion-to-chinese-art-isbn-9781444339130","title":"A Companion to Chinese Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an exceptional collection of essays promoting a comparative understanding of China’s long record of cultural production\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArticulates 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes new and revisionist interpretations of the literati tradition, which has long been an important staple of Chinese art history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a rich insight into China’s social and political institutions, religious and cultural practices, and intellectual traditions, alongside Chinese art history, theory, and criticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e List of Figures xi \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin J. Powers and Katherine R. Tsiang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Production and Distribution 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Court Painting 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Ebrey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Culture of Art Collecting in Imperial China 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScarlett Jang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Art, Print, and Cultural Discourse in Early Modern China 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. P. Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Art and Early Chinese Archaeological Materials 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eXiaoneng Yang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Representation and Reality 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Figure Painting: Fragments of the Precious Mirror 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShane McCausland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Language of Portraiture in China 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDora C. Y. Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Visualizing the Divine in Medieval China 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine R. Tsiang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Landscape 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter C. Sturman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Concepts of Architectural Space in Historical Chinese Thought 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCary Y. Liu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Time in Early Chinese Art 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEugene Y. Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Theories and Terms 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Art of “Ritual Artifacts” (Liqi): Discourse and Practice 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWu Hung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Classification, Canon, and Genre 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Vinograd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Conceptual and Qualitative Terms in Historical Perspective 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald Egan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Imitation and Originality, Theory and Practice 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGinger Cheng-chi Hs¨u\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Calligraphy 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQianshen Bai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Emptiness-Substance: Xushi 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason C. Kuo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Objects and Persons 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Artistic Status and Social Agency 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin J. Powers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Ornament in China 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Rawson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Folding Fans and Early Modern Mirrors 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonia Finnane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Garden Art 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eXin Wu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Commercial Advertising Art in 1840–1940s “China” 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTani E. Barlow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Word and Image 455\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Words in Chinese Painting 457\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfreda Murck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 On the Origins of Literati Painting in the Song Dynasty 474\u003cbr\u003eJerome Silbergeld\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Poetry and Pictorial Expression in Chinese Painting 499\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Bush\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Popular Literature and Visual Culture in Early Modern China 517\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJianhua Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin J. Powers\u003c\/b\u003e is Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, USA, and former director of the Center for Chinese Studies. His publications \u003ci\u003eArt and Political Expression in Early China\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003ePattern and Person: Ornament, Society, and Self in Classical China\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) have both received the Levenson Prize for the best books in pre-twentieth century Chinese Studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatherine R. Tsiang\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia in the Department of Art History, University of Chicago, USA, where she coordinates research materials and programs. Her research is concentrated in the fields of Chinese Buddhist art and Chinese medieval art and visual culture. Her work includes using new technology for digital imaging and reconstruction of Chinese Buddhist caves and she is curator and author of the catalog of the exhibition \"Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan\" (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Chinese Art\u003c\/i\u003e provides a contemporary survey of one of the world’s greatest and richest artistic traditions. Including over two dozen newly-commissioned essays, it examines this region’s art and theory in all of its multifaceted complexity—spanning the theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art throughout its history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The volume offers a rich insight into China’s social and political institutions, religious practices, and intellectual traditions alongside Chinese art history, theory, and criticism. It brings together an international team of scholars from East and West, whose contributions range from an overview of premodern theory, to those exploring calligraphy, fine painting, sculpture, personal accessories, and more. In addition, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on social and cultural issues, such as the challenges of comparative history, the role of the artist in society, the contested role of gender in art production, different theories of nature that have evolved over time, and articulates the direction in which the field of Chinese art history is moving. In promoting a comparative understanding of China’s long record of cultural production, this volume provides students and scholars of both Asian and non-Asian art history with an exceptional guide to the history of art in China, from its earliest incarnations to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This volume represents the equivalent in scholarship of the coming of a new dynasty.   These analyses by the best of a new generation of writers will rejuvenate the whole field.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Onians, University of East Anglia, UK \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This comprehensive guide to the arts of premodern China, the fresh thinking of leading historians, provides a major new resource for students and scholars at all levels.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCraig Clunas, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988603519205,"sku":"NP9781444339130","price":212.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444339130.jpg?v=1761780934","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-chinese-art-isbn-9781444339130","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}