UID:
almahu_9949140889702882
Format:
1 online resource (384 pages).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781350129795
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy
Content:
"For anyone working in aesthetics interested in understanding the richness of the Chinese aesthetic tradition this handbook is the place to start. Comprised of general introductory overviews, critical reflections and contextual analysis, it covers everything from the origins of aesthetics in China to the role of aesthetics in philosophy today. Beginning in early China (1st millennium BCE), it traces the Chinese aesthetic tradition, exploring the import of the term aesthetics into Chinese thought via Japan around the end of the 19th century. It looks back to early practices of art and craftsmanship, showing how the history of Chinese thought provides a multitude of artifacts and texts that give rise to a wide range of aesthetic creations and notions. Introducing various perspectives on traditional arts in China, including painting, ceramics, calligraphy, poetry, music and theatre, it explores those aesthetic traditions not included in ?canonic? art forms, such as martial arts, rock gardening, and ritual performance. Written by Chinese, European, and American theoreticians and practitioners, this authoritative research resource enhances contemporary aesthetics by revealing the possibilities of a Chinese philosophy of art."--
Note:
Part I. Aesthetic theories. 1. A sketch of Chinese aesthetics / Wang Kepin ; 2. Beauty lies in the image. Endowing fundamental theories of aesthetics with Chinese characteristics / Y e Lang ; 3. A cosmological aestheticism: the interpretive context for Confucian role ethics. Reading the cosmology of the book of changes as an aestheticism / Roger Ames ; 4. 'Living and dead rules'. The role of rules in Chinese aesthetics / Karl-Heinz Pohl -- Part II. Aesthetic concepts ; 5 Defining mindscape (yijing ): extension, intension and beyond / Peng Feng ; 6. On the notion of Xiang ("Image-phenomenon") in landscape ink painting / Marcello Ghilardi ; 7. Nature as not-yet-existing beauty / Xia Kejun ; 8. Some aesthetic and artistic categories in Chinese painting and calligraphy / Yolaine Escande ; 9. What is "The aestheticization of everyday life?" / Zhou Xian -- Part III. Aesthetic practices and exercises. 10. The eesthetics of music in the ethical discussion in early China / Elisa Levi Sabattini ; 11. The mechanics of change. The aesthetics of Chinese ceramics in the northern song (960-1127) and early Jin (1127-1234) dynasties / Sabrina Rastelli ; 12. New theatre and new drama: Chinese aesthetic modernity through the drama activities in the early 20th century / Li Kelin 13. The aesthetics of the grotesque in modern Chinese narrative / Nicoletta Pesaro ; 14. The role of stone in the Chinese rock garden / Graham Parkes ; 15. Aesthetics in Asian martial arts / Barry Allen.
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781350129764
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350129795
URL:
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