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A story of ruins : presence and absence in Chinese art and visual culture
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A story of ruins : presence and absence in Chinese art and visual culture / Wu Hung.
ISBN
9780691155029 (hbk.)
069115502X (hbk.)
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
293 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by Reaktion Books Ltd"--T.p. verso.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 11, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-284) and index.
Contents
1. Internalizing ruins : premodern sensibilities of time passed. Where are the runis in traditional Chinese art?
Qui and Xu: erasure and remembrance
The stele and withered trees: painting and poetry on 'Lamenting the Past'
Rubbing as surrogate ruin
Ji: traces in landscape
2. The birth of ruins : inventing modern visual culture in China. Circulating picturesque ruins
War ruins: conquering and survival
The destruction, ruination and resurrection of the Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanming Yuan)
3. Between past and future : transience as a contemporary aesthetic of ruins. Signifiers of despair and hope
Representing contemporary ruins
CODA: State Legacy.
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