The Invisible Body in Chinese Calligraphy and Painting

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-981-966645-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: China Academic Library

This book explores Chinese calligraphy and painting from an aesthetic perspective, using modern visual theory to analyze the theoretical implications of the relationship between ancient Chinese literati painting and calligraphy, in contrast to Western aesthetic traditions.

It highlights the action-oriented nature of Chinese calligraphy and painting, demonstrating that these art forms should be viewed not as static images, but as dynamic traces of the artist’s expressive movements.

This book is ideal for those interested in aesthetics, art historians, scholars of visual theory, and anyone fascinated by the dynamic essence of Chinese artistic traditions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gao, Jianping

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  Chinese Society and Literati Painting.- The Quality of a Line.- The Relationships Between Lines.- The Act of Painting Part One: Performance, Expression, and Strength.- The Act of Painting Part Two: Momentum, Rhythm, and Time.- Painter, Painting, and the Painted: Penetrating the Appearance of the World.- Painter, Painting, and the Painted: Demonstrating the Self through Action.- A Unity of Expressive Act.

Über Autor(innen)

Gao Jianping, Ph.D. in Aesthetics of Uppsala University, Sweden, Research Fellow of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Professor of Shenzhen University. Currently, he is the President of Chinese Society for Aesthetics, and was served as the President of the International Association of Aesthetics (2013-2016). His representative books include  (English), and (French), as well as more than 20 books in Chinese.