Great image has no form, or on the nonobject through painting, the
Auteur :
Jullien, François
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226415314
Date de publication :
5 nov. 2012
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
book
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 book explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings.