Chinese Painting

★The final work in the "Chinese Painting" series by the famous art historian Wu Hung★Abandoning the shackles of simplification and a single perspective, it focuses on the development of media, the differentiation of painting schools and the interaction between regions★Outlines the development trajectory of painting in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in a three-dimensional historical context◎How did literati painting become the mainstream of Chinese painting?
◎Why has the combination of "poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal carving" become a classic paradigm of Chinese painting?
◎How to understand the "Zhejiang School" and "Wu School" in Ming Dynasty painting in the context of historical development?
◎How do you view the development of temple murals during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties?
The narrative approach of focusing on individual painters perpetuates the limitations of traditional art history. By failing to examine broader historical trends, it inevitably leads to a sense of missing the forest for the trees. The authors' selection of artists also often adheres to traditional perspectives, habitually dedicating significant space to the most celebrated literati painters while either understating or omitting non-literati and female artists. This volume seeks to address this by dedicating more space to the latter. More importantly, however, it integrates individual painters within the larger narrative of artistic trends, presenting individual cases within the narrative of broader historical movements.
—Wu Hung ◎ Introduction: Over the course of more than 600 years, from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, painting flourished, resulting in a vast body of works and theories. Continuing the "Chinese Painting" series, "Chinese Painting: Yuan to Qing" breaks away from the stereotypes of traditional art history writing and offers a detailed examination and analysis of paintings from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties within their original historical context. Focusing not only on renowned artists and masterpieces, but also on female painters and paintings of women, genre paintings, and figure paintings, the book explores the diverse identities and genders of image creators, the application and circulation of images in different contexts, and the interplay between literati painting, court painting, and commercial painting. It reveals the development of painting over different periods and the influence of regional culture on its development, offering a comprehensive and multifaceted perspective on Chinese painting.

2025-03-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

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