Author: Jing Wang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 150133350X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the late 1990s until today, China's sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-political-aesthetic milieu, receiving attentions and investments from the art world, music industry and cultural institutes, with nevertheless, its unique acoustic philosophy remaining silent. This book traces the history of sound practice from contemporary Chinese visual art back in the 1980s, to electronic music, which was introduced as a target of critique in the 1950s, to electronic instrument building fever in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and to the origins of both academic and nonacademic electronic and experimental music activities. This expansive tracing of sound in the arts resonates with another goal of this book, to understand sound and its artistic practice through notions informed by Chinese qi-cosmology and qi-philosophy, including notions of resonance, shanshui (mountains-waters), huanghu (elusiveness and evasiveness), and distributed monumentality and anti-monumentality. By turning back to deep history to learn about the meaning and function of sound and listening in ancient China, the book offers a refreshing understanding of the British sinologist Joseph Needham's statement that Chinese acoustics is acoustics of qi. and expands existing conceptualization of sound art and contemporary music at large.
Half Sound, Half Philosophy
Author: Jing Wang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 150133350X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the late 1990s until today, China's sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-political-aesthetic milieu, receiving attentions and investments from the art world, music industry and cultural institutes, with nevertheless, its unique acoustic philosophy remaining silent. This book traces the history of sound practice from contemporary Chinese visual art back in the 1980s, to electronic music, which was introduced as a target of critique in the 1950s, to electronic instrument building fever in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and to the origins of both academic and nonacademic electronic and experimental music activities. This expansive tracing of sound in the arts resonates with another goal of this book, to understand sound and its artistic practice through notions informed by Chinese qi-cosmology and qi-philosophy, including notions of resonance, shanshui (mountains-waters), huanghu (elusiveness and evasiveness), and distributed monumentality and anti-monumentality. By turning back to deep history to learn about the meaning and function of sound and listening in ancient China, the book offers a refreshing understanding of the British sinologist Joseph Needham's statement that Chinese acoustics is acoustics of qi. and expands existing conceptualization of sound art and contemporary music at large.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 150133350X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the late 1990s until today, China's sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-political-aesthetic milieu, receiving attentions and investments from the art world, music industry and cultural institutes, with nevertheless, its unique acoustic philosophy remaining silent. This book traces the history of sound practice from contemporary Chinese visual art back in the 1980s, to electronic music, which was introduced as a target of critique in the 1950s, to electronic instrument building fever in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and to the origins of both academic and nonacademic electronic and experimental music activities. This expansive tracing of sound in the arts resonates with another goal of this book, to understand sound and its artistic practice through notions informed by Chinese qi-cosmology and qi-philosophy, including notions of resonance, shanshui (mountains-waters), huanghu (elusiveness and evasiveness), and distributed monumentality and anti-monumentality. By turning back to deep history to learn about the meaning and function of sound and listening in ancient China, the book offers a refreshing understanding of the British sinologist Joseph Needham's statement that Chinese acoustics is acoustics of qi. and expands existing conceptualization of sound art and contemporary music at large.
The Natural Philosophy of Chu Hsi (1130-1200)
Author: Yung Sik Kim
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871692351
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Chu Hsi (1130-1200) exerted a lasting influence on the thought and life of the Chinese in subsequent cent. The core of his synthesis was moral and social philosophy, but it also included knowledge about the natural world. His doctrine of ke-wu (invest. of things) made him mindful of the specialized knowledged in such "scientific" traditions as astronomy, harmonics, med., etc. This study of Chu Hsi's thought gives a systematic account of the basic concepts of his natural philosophy. Also discusses Chu Hsi's actual knowledge about the natural world. And examines the relation between Chu Hsi and Chinese "scientific" traditions and compares his natural knowledge with that of the Western scientific tradition.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871692351
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Chu Hsi (1130-1200) exerted a lasting influence on the thought and life of the Chinese in subsequent cent. The core of his synthesis was moral and social philosophy, but it also included knowledge about the natural world. His doctrine of ke-wu (invest. of things) made him mindful of the specialized knowledged in such "scientific" traditions as astronomy, harmonics, med., etc. This study of Chu Hsi's thought gives a systematic account of the basic concepts of his natural philosophy. Also discusses Chu Hsi's actual knowledge about the natural world. And examines the relation between Chu Hsi and Chinese "scientific" traditions and compares his natural knowledge with that of the Western scientific tradition.
The Microcosm
Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy
Author: Leonhard Euler
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Catalogue
The University of Virginia Record
Author: University of Virginia
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Undergraduate Courses of Study
Author: University of Pennsylvania
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 2212
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 2212
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The Christian Philosopher, Or, The Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion ; Illustrated with Engravings
Author: Thomas Dick
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Category : Religion and science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : Religion and science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, of the State of New-York
Author: New York (State). Department of Public Instruction
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
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Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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