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Index
Cover
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Art History
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Historiographic Perspective
Overview of the Chapters
Note
References
Part I: Production and Distribution
Chapter 1: Court Painting
The Artistic Success of Song Court Painting
The Political Context of Court Paintings
Remaining Issues
Further Exploration
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Chapter 2: The Culture of Art Collecting in Imperial China
Introduction
The Formation and Geographical Distribution of Private Art Collections
Demography
The Issue of Ya versus Su
Connoisseurship and Connoisseurs
Art Collection Catalogs
Art Market, Art Dealers, Art Prices, Forgeries, and Related Phenomena
Conclusion
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Chapter 3: Art, Print, and Cultural Discourse in Early Modern China
Invention and Innovation
Books and Social Climbing
Painting Albums and Manuals
The Cultural Matrix of Early Modern China
Chinese Terms
References
Chapter 4: Art and Early Chinese Archaeological Materials
Highlights of the Development of Early Tombs and Associated Studies
Archaeological and Theoretical Readings
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Part II: Representation and Reality
Chapter 5: Figure Painting: Fragments of the Precious Mirror
Lessons from the Admonitions
Scoping the Genre
The Body
Why Ink Outline?
Conclusion: Reflections on the Narratives of Figure Painting
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Chapter 6: The Language of Portraiture in China
Introduction
Historical Development and the Emergence of Types
Critical Issues in the Art of Chinese Portraiture
Terminology and Typology
Acknowledgments
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 7: Visualizing the Divine in Medieval China
Introduction
Figures of Divine Presence
Sacred Spaces and Divine Cosmologies
Landscape as Sacred Geography
Conclusion
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 8: Landscape
Bibliographical Note
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Chapter 9: Concepts of Architectural Space in Historical Chinese Thought
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 10: Time in Early Chinese Art
Why Time in Chinese Art?
Mechanism of Cyclical Time
Art as Manipulation of Time
Time and Alchemy
Reconciling Cyclicality and Linearity
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Part III: Theories and Terms
Chapter 11: The Art of “Ritual Artifacts” (Liqi): Discourse and Practice
Eastern Zhou Discourse on Liqi
The Age of Liqi
The Legacy of Ritual Artifacts
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 12: Classification, Canon, and Genre
Introduction
Key Terms
Canons and Canonicity
Genre, Theory, and History
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Chapter 13: Conceptual and Qualitative Terms in Historical Perspective
Gu Kaizhi on Xing and Shen
Shen Applied to Landscape Painting
Key Terms in Xie He's Six Laws
Five Dynasties and Song Period Developments
Zhen and Yi
Concepts in “Literati Painting”
“Poetic Mood” in Painting
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Chapter 14: Imitation and Originality, Theory and Practice
Introduction
The Canonization of Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Poems from the Orchid Pavilion Literary Gathering
Fang Imitation and Dong Qichang's Southern School of Painting
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 15: Calligraphy
Institutional Foundations of Chinese Calligraphy
Social Functions and the Material Dimension of Calligraphy
Canons and Daily Practice (Rike)
Text, Script Type, and Personal Style
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 16: Emptiness-Substance: Xushi
Xu and Shi in the Art of the Chinese Literary Garden
Xu and Shi in Seal Engraving
Xu and Shi in Chinese Calligraphy and Literati Painting
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Part IV: Objects and Persons
Chapter 17: Artistic Status and Social Agency
The Zhou Dynasty and Warring States Period (Eleventh through Third Centuries BCE)
The Han Dynasty
Medieval Period (Third through Tenth Centuries CE)
Early Modern Period: Song Dynasty (960–1278)
Concluding Thoughts on the Late, Early Modern Period (Fourteenth through Eighteenth Centuries)
Conclusion
Chinese Terms
References
Chapter 18: Ornament in China
Definitions and Traits
Early China, ca. 5000–221 BCE
The Early Empires and Their Successors (221 BCE–906 CE)
From Song to Qing
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 19: Folding Fans and Early Modern Mirrors
Origins and Originality: Ancient Mirrors
Origins and Originality: Ancient Fans
Early Modern Things: Mirrors
Early Modern Things: Folding Fans
Material Change and the Social Death of Things
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Chapter 20: Garden Art
The Rise of Garden Form: Bronze Age to Han
The Formation of a Genre: Six Dynasties Period to Tang
The Development of Landscape Gardening: Song to Ming
The Turn to a Pictorial Esthetic: Ming to Qing
Gardens as Lyrical Enclaves
Chinese Gardens in the Context of a World History of Gardens
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Chapter 21: Commercial Advertising Art in 1840–1940s “China”
Commercial Cartoon Genre and the Cliché Mise-en-Scène of the Gazing Girl
Badiou and Inaesthetics
What is the Historicity of Commercial Advertising Art?
Advertising and Art Photography
Conclusion
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Part V: Word and Image
Chapter 22: Words in Chinese Painting
Beginnings: Identifying, Labeling, Naming
Calligraphy and Poetry as Key Factors in the Word–Image Relationship
The Northern Song (960–1127) Integration of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting
Painting Became a Vehicle for Expressions of Discontent
Southern Song (1127–1272)
Seal Legends
Comparisons with Western Europe
The Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1272–1368)
Ming Dynasty: The Literati Esthetic Becomes Dominant
The Manchu Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
Silent Poetry and Vernacular Painting
Conclusion
Chinese Terms
References
Further Reading
Chapter 23: On the Origins of Literati Painting in the Song Dynasty
Paintings by Literati and “Literati Painting”
If Not Khubilai, Then What, When, Why?
“Literati Painting”: How to Think about What We Do and Do Not Know
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Chapter 24: Poetry and Pictorial Expression in Chinese Painting
Gu Kaizhi (ca. 345–ca. 406)
Guo Xi (after 1000–ca. 1090) and Huayi (The Meaning of Painting)
Xieyi and Shiyi
The Shiyi of Sima Huai and Mi Youren
Conclusion
Chinese Terms
References
Chapter 25: Popular Literature and Visual Culture in Early Modern China
Peeping in the Classical Period
The Topos of Peeping in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Framed Peeping and Garden Aesthetics
Epilogue
Chinese Terms
Notes
References
Further Reading
Index
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