Chinese ways of seeing and open-air painting / / Yi Gu.
"Focuses on the rise of open-air painting in modern China beginning in the late 1910s, when the New Culture Movement prompted painters to embrace direct observation, linear perspective, and a conception of vision based on Cartesian optics, through the early 1960s. The new landscape practice bro...
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian monographs ; 430 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2020. ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
430. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Other title: | Copyright Page / Dedication / List of Illustrations / Acknowledgments / Introduction / chapter one Open-Air Painting and the Modern Chinese Painter / chapter two Optical Vision and New Modes of Depiction / chapter three Inventing Tradition through Open-Air Painting / chapter four Open-Air Painting during the War / chapter five Views of the Party-State / Epilogue / Notes / Glossary / Bibliography / Index / Harvard East Asian Monographs / |
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| Summary: | "Focuses on the rise of open-air painting in modern China beginning in the late 1910s, when the New Culture Movement prompted painters to embrace direct observation, linear perspective, and a conception of vision based on Cartesian optics, through the early 1960s. The new landscape practice brought with it unprecedented emphasis on perception and redefined artistic expertise"-- |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1684176131 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Yi Gu. |