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Two Twelfth-Century Texts on Chinese Painting (Paperback)
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Two Twelfth-Century Texts on Chinese Painting (Paperback)
Series: Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies
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Loot Price R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
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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 Hsuan-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.
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