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Dimensions of originality : essays on seventeenth-century Chinese art theory and criticism /

This book investigates the issue of conceptual originality in seventeenth-century art criticism, a period in which China dynamically reinvented itself. The term which was called upon to indicate conceptual originality more than any other was qi, literally, "different"; but secondarily, &qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burnett, Katharine Persis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Some problems of expectation or speculations on why originality can't be a "traditional Chinese" value (when it is) ; Some problems of interpretation or discerning the flavors of a fine kettle of fish
  • Ideas and words. How ideas spread across China and among the classes ; The importance of a word : a discussion of critical terms
  • What the theorists and critics had to say. What the texts say : originality in pre-seventeenth-century art theory and criticism ; What the texts say : originality in seventeenth-century painting theory and criticism
  • What the texts say : originality in seventeenth-century calligraphy theory and criticism
  • Images. The other Dong Qichang ; What originality looks like : Wu Bin's On the way to Shanyin
  • The legacy of a concept. The End of originality as the seventeenth century knew it
  • Epilogue. A new canon : qi becomes the new zheng
  • Appendix. Instances of the ise of qi, yi, and guai in sobriquet dictionaries.