Hung Wu

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A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual CultureHardcover, 22 July 2012

A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture
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Print Length
296 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
22 Jul 2012
ISBN-10
069115502X
ISBN-13
9780691155029

Description

This richly illustrated book examines the changing significance of ruins as vehicles for cultural memory in Chinese art and visual culture from ancient times to the present. Leading scholar of Chinese art Wu Hung shows how the story of ruins in China is different from but connected to "ruin culture" in the West. He investigates indigenous Chinese concepts of ruins and their visual manifestations, as well as the complex historical interactions between China and the West since the eighteenth century.

Analyzing a broad variety of traditional and contemporary visual materials, including painting, architecture, photography, prints, and cinema, Wu also embraces a wide variety of subjects--from indigenous methods of recording damage and decay in ancient China, to realistic images of architectural ruins in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the strong interest in urban ruins in contemporary China, as shown in the many artworks that depict demolished houses and decaying industrial sites. The result is an original interpretation of the development of Chinese art, as well as a unique contribution to global art history.

Product Details

Author:
Hung Wu
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
22 July 2012
Dimensions:
25.4 x 19.56 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
069115502X
ISBN-13:
9780691155029
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
296
Weight:
1133.98 gm

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