| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 589 pages : illustrations) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Papers presented at an international symposium held May 1985 at the Metropolitan Museum. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In May of 1985, an international symposium was held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in honor of John M. Crawford, Jr., whose gifts of Chinese calligraphy and painting have constituted a significant addition to the Museum's holdings. Over a three-day period, senior scholars from China, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and the United States expressed a wide range of perspectives on an issue central to the history of Chinese visual aesthetics: the relationships between poetry, calligraphy, and painting. The practice of integrating the three art forms-known as san-chiieh, or the three perfections-in one work of art emerged during the Sung and Yuan dynasties largely in the context of literati culture, and it has stimulated lively critical discussion ever since. This publication contains twenty-three essays based on the papers presented at the Crawford symposium. Grouped by subject matter in a roughly chronological order, these essays reflect research on topics spanning two millennia of Chinese history. The result is an interdisciplinary exploration of the complex set of relationships between words and images by art historians, literary historians, and scholars of calligraphy. Their findings provide us with a new level of understanding of this rich and complicated subject and suggest further directions for the study of Chinese art history. The essays are accompanied by 255 illustrations, some of which reproduce works rarely published. Chinese characters have been provided throughout the text for artists names, terms, titles of works of art and literature, and important historical figures, as well as for excerpts of selected poetry and prose. A chronology, also containing Chinese characters, and an extensive index contribute to making this book illuminating and invaluable to both the specialist and the layman. |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Local Note |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library Digital Collections Fulltext Titles (Customizable) |
| Subject |
Calligraphy, Chinese -- Congresses.
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Calligraphy, Chinese. |
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Painting, Chinese -- Congresses.
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Painting, Chinese. |
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Chinese poetry -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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Chinese poetry. |
| Indexed Term |
Calligraphy, Chinese Congresses |
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Chinese poetry History and criticism Congresses |
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Painting, Chinese Congresses |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Murck, Alfreda.
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Fong, Wen.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Words and images. (OCoLC)22766876 |
| ISBN |
0870996045 |
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9780870996047 |
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