Description |
xxiii, 263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Presence-absence -- From the foundation-fount of painting -- Vague-drab-indistinct -- The great image has no form -- Theory of the sketch -- Empty and full -- Not quitting, not sticking -- Quitting form to achieve resemblance -- The spirit of a landscape -- On the truth in painting -- Gaze or contemplation? -- Peindre n'est pas dépeindre -- Ink and brush, form and color -- What does painting write? -- Image-phenomenon: painting transformation and life. |
Summary |
In premodern China, painters used imagery not to mirror the world, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering this art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the 'nonobject', a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. |
Language |
English translation from the original French and Chinese. |
Subject |
Painting, Chinese -- Philosophy.
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Painting, Chinese -- Philosophy. |
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Aesthetics, Chinese.
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Aesthetics, Chinese. |
Added Author |
Todd, Jane Marie, 1957-
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Added Title |
Grande image n'a pas de forme ou Du non-objet par la peinture. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008181472
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On the nonobject through painting |
ISBN |
9780226415307 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780226415314 paperback alkaline paper |
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0226415309 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226415317 paperback alkaline paper |
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