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Author Jullien, François, 1951-

Title The great image has no form, or On the nonobject through painting / François Jullien ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Publication Info. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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 Moore Stacks  ND1040 .J8513 2009    Available  ---
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.
Painting, Chinese -- Philosophy.
Aesthetics, Chinese.
Aesthetics, Chinese.
Added Author Todd, Jane Marie, 1957-
Added Title Grande image n'a pas de forme ou Du non-objet par la peinture. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008181472
On the nonobject through painting
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