Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River

Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River
Author: Ye Luying
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9888341944

The Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River is an ancient Chinese poem created by Cao Zhi, a writer living in the state of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (c. 220-280 CE). In his tale, Cao Zhi is returning from the capital to his own land when he stops at the Luo River for a rest, where he sees a vision of the goddess so powerful that he instantly falls in love with her. Cao sees a nymph of peerless beauty “as elegant as a startled swan and supple as a swimming dragon”. Though he’s swept away by her ethereal beauty, it’s a love that isn’t meant to be. With its high production values and amazingly-detailed-multi-page foldout spreads, this is a special book that will entice art lovers of all ages.

Nymph of the Luo River

Nymph of the Luo River
Author: Kaizhi Gu
Publisher: Royal Collection of Imperi
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781487801496

Handscroll; Ink and color on silk; 909cm(width)*22cm(height) This scroll inspired by Cao Zhi's "Ode to the Nymph of the Luo River," a poem from the Three Kingdoms period that describes the admiration Cao held for the Nymph, and expresses the melancholy feeling caused by the insurmountable divide between the goddess and the mortal. The scroll repeatedly depicts the same group of main characters in different scenes, using rocks, trees, and streams to divide each scene. Through this approach, the painting is simultaneously segmented and continuous. Rendered in exquisite, vigorous, yet unadorned lines and color washes resembling the threads produced by silkworms in spring, the brightly colored scroll features a painting technique known as "kong gou wu cun," used mainly in depicting landscapes, especially of mountains and rocks. The technique is used here to paint mountains, streams, trees, and rocks. Later generations have commented that in the scroll, "figures and boats are disproportionately large compared to the mountains and rivers."

The Double Screen

The Double Screen
Author: Wu Hung
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780226360744

In the first exploration of Chinese paintings as both material products and pictorial representations, The Double Screen shows how the collaboration and tension between material form and image gives life to a painting. A Chinese painting is often reduced to the image it bears; its material form is dismissed; its intimate connection with social activities and cultural conventions neglected. A screen occupies a space and divides it, supplies an ideal surface for painting, and has been a favorite pictorial image in Chinese art since antiquity. Wu Hung undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the screen, which can be an object, an art medium, a pictorial motif, or all three at once. With its diverse roles, the screen has provided Chinese painters with endless opportunities to reinvent their art. The Double Screen provides a powerful non-Western perspective on issues from portraiture and pictorial narrative to voyeurism, masquerade, and political rhetoric. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history of art and Asian studies.

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
Author: Richard M. Barnhart
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300094477

Written by a team of eminent international scholars, this book is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some 3000 years.

Ancient Chinese Art

Ancient Chinese Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 97
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870994832

Zhou Mi’s Record of Clouds and Mist Passing Before One’s Eyes

Zhou Mi’s Record of Clouds and Mist Passing Before One’s Eyes
Author: Ankeney Weitz
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 900448938X

Subject of this book is the social and cultural history of Chinese art collecting during the early years of Mongol rule in China (the Yuan dynasty, 1276-1368). At the core of Weitz’s book is a complete translation of the Record of Clouds and Mist Passing Before One’s Eyes (Yunyan guoyan lu), an art catalog written by the Song dynasty loyalist Zhou Mi (1232-1298). This text contains detailed records of more than forty private art collections that the author saw in Hangzhou between 1275 and 1296. The careful annotations, scholarly introduction, and well-researched appendices help to broaden our understanding of the early care and transmission of artworks, the social dimensions of art collecting, and the development of a multi-ethnic society in Yuan China.

A Companion to Chinese Art

A Companion to Chinese Art
Author: Martin J. Powers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1119121698

Exploring the history of art in China from its earliest incarnations to the present day, this comprehensive volume includes two dozen newly-commissioned essays spanning the theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art and theory throughout its history. Provides an exceptional collection of essays promoting a comparative understanding of China’s long record of cultural production Brings together an international team of scholars from East and West, whose contributions range from an overview of pre-modern theory, to those exploring calligraphy, fine painting, sculpture, accessories, and more Articulates the direction in which the field of Chinese art history is moving, as well as providing a roadmap for historians interested in comparative study or theory Proposes new and revisionist interpretations of the literati tradition, which has long been an important staple of Chinese art history Offers a rich insight into China’s social and political institutions, religious and cultural practices, and intellectual traditions, alongside Chinese art history, theory, and criticism

1001 Ways of Seeing

1001 Ways of Seeing
Author: Nobumasa Kiyonaga
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2024
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3830998457

How do we see art works? How do we see artefacts? How do we see our surroundings? How do we see the world? This book opens up a worldwide dialogue between ten experts, from Japan to Brazil, from South Africa to Germany. It provides a fascinating insight into the different cultures of seeing and learning to see. It also offers a deeper understanding of the differences that divide us and the similarities that connect us. This book marks an important step towards transcultural art education.

A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains

A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
Author: Avril Lee
Publisher: Artpower International Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-05-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781913536053

- Part of a series of 10 paintings from the last five dynasties of ancient China - presented in the traditional format of a handscroll The series of Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings has a large time span, rich themes and diverse styles. It selects 10 paintings from the last five dynasties of ancient China (Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties), including vivid portraits, exquisite landscape paintings, and meticulous paintings of flowers and birds. The artworks are presented in the traditional format of a handscroll which can be extended indefinitely, so that the postscripts and observations of later generations can be directly followed by the end of the works.