Author: Sus van Elzen
Publisher: Blue Kingfisher
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In this book, Sus Van Elzen investigates the transformation of China from 1949 to 2008, with a particular focus on artists and architects. The makeover of Beijing in particular has been driven not only by economic factors but also by the governing regime's cultural and political agenda. As Van Elzen demonstrates, the resultant conflict presents some unprecedented creative challenges.
Dragon & Rose Garden
Author: Sus van Elzen
Publisher: Blue Kingfisher
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In this book, Sus Van Elzen investigates the transformation of China from 1949 to 2008, with a particular focus on artists and architects. The makeover of Beijing in particular has been driven not only by economic factors but also by the governing regime's cultural and political agenda. As Van Elzen demonstrates, the resultant conflict presents some unprecedented creative challenges.
Publisher: Blue Kingfisher
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In this book, Sus Van Elzen investigates the transformation of China from 1949 to 2008, with a particular focus on artists and architects. The makeover of Beijing in particular has been driven not only by economic factors but also by the governing regime's cultural and political agenda. As Van Elzen demonstrates, the resultant conflict presents some unprecedented creative challenges.
Fruitful Sites
Author: Craig Clunas
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822317951
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this innovative, beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming dynasty China (1368-1644) firmly in the social and cultural history of the day. Who owned Ming gardens? Who visited them? How were they represented in words, in paintings, and in visual culture generally, and what meanings did these representations hold at different levels of Chinese society? How did the discourse of gardens intersect with other discourses such as those of aesthetics, agronomy, geomancy, and botany? By examining the gardens of the city of Suzhou from a number of different angles, Craig Clunas provides a rich picture of a complex cultural phenomenon--one that was of crucial importance to the self-fashioning of the Ming elite. Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, the author provides for the first time a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture, and replaces broad generalizations and orientalist fantasy with a convincing picture of the garden's role in social life. Fruitful Sites will appeal to all students of China's cultural history, to students of garden history from any part of the world, to art historians, and to readers engaged in Asian and cultural studies.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822317951
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this innovative, beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming dynasty China (1368-1644) firmly in the social and cultural history of the day. Who owned Ming gardens? Who visited them? How were they represented in words, in paintings, and in visual culture generally, and what meanings did these representations hold at different levels of Chinese society? How did the discourse of gardens intersect with other discourses such as those of aesthetics, agronomy, geomancy, and botany? By examining the gardens of the city of Suzhou from a number of different angles, Craig Clunas provides a rich picture of a complex cultural phenomenon--one that was of crucial importance to the self-fashioning of the Ming elite. Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, the author provides for the first time a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture, and replaces broad generalizations and orientalist fantasy with a convincing picture of the garden's role in social life. Fruitful Sites will appeal to all students of China's cultural history, to students of garden history from any part of the world, to art historians, and to readers engaged in Asian and cultural studies.
The Garden Art of China
Author: Lifang Chen
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"This work incorporates not only the cultural context and symbols of Chinese landscapes, but also technical advice on the design and construction of all the traditional elements of Chinese gardens-practical, "how-to" information. This book will give gardeners and landscape architects a new and challenging perspective based upon an ancient and coherent art" -- Provided by publisher
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"This work incorporates not only the cultural context and symbols of Chinese landscapes, but also technical advice on the design and construction of all the traditional elements of Chinese gardens-practical, "how-to" information. This book will give gardeners and landscape architects a new and challenging perspective based upon an ancient and coherent art" -- Provided by publisher
Fruitful Sites
Author: Craig Clunas
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 178023158X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1369–1644) firmly in the social and cultural history of the day. Who owned gardens? Who visited them? How were they represented in words, in paintings and in visual culture generally, and what meanings did these representations hold at different levels of Chinese society? Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, Craig Clunas provides for the first time a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture, and replaces broad generalizations and orientalist fantasy with a convincing picture of the garden's role in social life.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 178023158X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1369–1644) firmly in the social and cultural history of the day. Who owned gardens? Who visited them? How were they represented in words, in paintings and in visual culture generally, and what meanings did these representations hold at different levels of Chinese society? Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, Craig Clunas provides for the first time a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture, and replaces broad generalizations and orientalist fantasy with a convincing picture of the garden's role in social life.
The Gardens of China
Author: Edwin T. Morris
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nature Within Walls
Author: Elizabeth Hammer
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588391027
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM includes ... "a 10-minute narrated video tour of the garden court."--Page [4] of portfolio.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588391027
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM includes ... "a 10-minute narrated video tour of the garden court."--Page [4] of portfolio.
Taoism and the Arts of China
Author: Stephen Little
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
A Chinese Garden Court
Author: Alfreda Murck
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Chinese Garden
Author: Maggie Keswick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
ART MYTH AND RITUAL P
Author: Kwang-chih CHANG
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674029402
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx's concept of an "Asiatic" mode of production, Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674029402
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx's concept of an "Asiatic" mode of production, Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.