Great image has no form, or on the nonobject through painting, the
Auteur :
Jullien, François
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226415307
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2009
Dimensions :
2,4 x 1,7 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
624 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this title explores the 'nonobject' - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings.