Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Elkins, James (1955-....)
Titre(s) : Chinese landscape painting as Western art history [Texte imprimé] / James Elkins ; with a foreword by Jennifer Purtle
Publication : Hong Kong : Hong Kong university press, copyright 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVI, 180 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-174) and index
This is a provocative essay of reflections on traditional mainstream scholarship on
Chinese art as done by towering figures in the field such as James Cahill and Wen
Fong. James Elkins offers an engaging and accessible survey of his personal journey
encountering and interpreting Chinese art through Western scholars' writings. He argues
that the search for optimal comparisons is itself a modern, Western interest, and
that art history as a discipline is inherently Western in several identifiable senses.
Although he concentrates on art history in this book, and on Chinese painting in particular,
these issues bear implications for Sinology in general, and for wider questions about
humanistic inquiry and historical writing. --From book jacket
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Purtle, Jennifer (1966-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Peinture de paysage -- Chine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789622090002 (rel.). - ISBN 9622090001
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458251384
Notice n° :
FRBNF45825138
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : I.. A Brace of Comparisons ; II.. Tying Some Laces ; III.. The Argument ; IV.. The
Endgame, and the Qing Eclipse ; V.. Postscripts
