Handheld Landscapes: The Four Seasons in Chinese Paintings from the Birmingham M
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Handheld Landscapes: The Four Seasons in Chinese Paintings from the Birmingham M. Katherine Anne Paul provides an overview of visual keys that unlock the seasonality in the paintings. Kayi Ho discusses how late Qing cultural elites of Guangdong "adapted the artistic tastes and cultural practices popular in the Jiangnan area" to bring forward a fluorescence of painting for this region while harnessing earlier precedents. Handheld Landscapes by Katherine Anne Paul Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Through the lens of the four seasons - spring, summer, autumn, and winter - this publication explores intimate visual storytelling embedded within small-scale Chinese landscape paintings. Publisher Description Through the lens of the four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—this publication explores intimate visual storytelling embedded within small-scale Chinese landscape paintings. Whether formatted in a popular fan shape, as an album leaf, a handscroll, hanging scroll, or a glossy ceramic, the paintings featured in this publication were intended to be studied up close and to be handled. Many of the paintings combine the elevated art form of calligraphy with inscriptions that describe famous Chinese painting styles, reference poetry, provide dedications to friends and family, and offer dates for when the works were made.Katherine Anne Paul provides an overview of visual keys that unlock the seasonality in the paintings. Intended to enhance and intensify the viewing experience, calligraphy, an elevated artform unto itself, compliments the paintings' imagery. The intended audience of these works could fully read the inscriptions, thereby understanding their personal, poetic, and cultural significance. Ruoxin Wang's English translations of the inscriptions provide this understanding for all readers. Richard A. Pegg delves into some of the deeper coded visual and cultural language of the potentially "endless combinations of painting, poetry, and calligraphy." Kayi Ho discusses how late Qing cultural elites of Guangdong "adapted the artistic tastes and cultural practices popular in the Jiangnan area" to bring forward a fluorescence of painting for this region while harnessing earlier precedents. Doris Sung poses the question, "Why are there so few women in Chinese art history?" and answers it in part by elevating named women painters in the late Qing period. An interview with Curator Emeritus Donald A. Wood provides insights into institutional transparency for acquisitions and provenance for how two extraordinary but underknown collections of Guangdong regional painting of the late Qing period and early Republic period came to Birmingham, Alabama. Details ISBN 193477426X ISBN-13 9781934774267 Title Handheld Landscapes Author Katherine Anne Paul Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 128 Publisher Birmingham Museum of Art GEItemID:142913287; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
