Aesthetics and Art: Traditional and Contemporary China in a Comparative Perspective

Aesthetics and Art: Traditional and Contemporary China in a Comparative Perspective

by Jianping Gao
Aesthetics and Art: Traditional and Contemporary China in a Comparative Perspective

Aesthetics and Art: Traditional and Contemporary China in a Comparative Perspective

by Jianping Gao

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783662585917
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date: 02/01/2019
Series: China Academic Library
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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.
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