Aesthetics and Art

Traditional and Contemporary China in a Comparative Perspective
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-662-56699-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 4853 g

Reihe: China Academic Library

This book introduces traditional and modern aesthetics and arts, comparing the similarities and differences between traditional and modern Chinese aesthetics. It also explores the aesthetic implications of traditional Chinese paintings, and discusses the development of aesthetics throughout history, as well as the changes and improvements in Chinese aesthetics in the context of globalization.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gao, Jianping

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

To Begin With A Beautiful Line.- The Relationship Between Writing and Painting in Ancient China.- Significance of Analogy-Drawing Between Go and Painting.- Theoretical Significance of Painting as Performance.- Difficulties in Reading Images: Diversity and Internationality in Image Reception.- Who Are True Artists? –– An Art Élitism in Ancient China.- An Introduction to the Aesthetic Ideas of Confucius.- Man and His Relations with Society and Art: A Case Study of On Music.- The Original Meaning of the Chinese Character for “Beauty”.- The “Aesthetics Craze” in China –– Its Cause and Significance.- Chinese Aesthetics: From 1978 to the present.- The Stories of Three Words.- Chinese Aesthetics in the Context of Globalization.- The Growth and Construction of Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace.- Traditional Culture: Salvation or Revitalization?.- The Beauty of a City: Thoughts from an Ecological Perspective.