This book contemplates a large problem: what is a traditional Chinese painting? Wu Hung answers this question through a comprehensive analysis of the screen, a major format and a popular pictorial motif in traditional China. The Double Screen offers a powerful non-Western perspective on diverse artistic and cultural genres, from portraiture and pictorial narratives to voyeurism and masquerade.
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The Double Screen contemplates a large problem: what is a traditional Chinese painting? Wu Hung answers this question through a comprehensive analysis of the screen, a popular pictorial motif in traditional China.
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ISBN
9781861898425
Publisert
2012-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Reaktion Books
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Ikke i salg
Antall sider
296

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Wu Hung is Professor in Chinese Art History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles, including The Wu Liang Shrine (1989) which won the 1990 Joseph Levinson prize for the best book in Chinese Studies.