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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Chinese Art"”.
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A - Y: Of ‘British Chinese’ Art
A –Y: Of ‘British Chinese’ Art takes as a point of departure the work of Lesley Sanderson, and her positionings within and between dominant and marginalised ‘Black,’ ‘British,’ ‘Chinese,’ and ‘Asian’ curatorial and discursive frames during the 1980s and 1990s, to consider the politics and …
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(In)visible Ink: gender and Chineseness in contemporary Chinese art
… calligraphy (shufa) in the work of four women artists in the People’s Republic of China – Bingyi, Ma Yanling, Tao Aimin and Xiao Lu. The thesis highlights the gendered histories and nationalist legacies of ink painting and calligraphy associated with the literati tradition and with its …
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Spectacle as Myth: Guanxi, the relational and the urban quotidian in contemporary Chinese art (2005-2008)
… thesis is an interrogation of the spectacle of Chinese contemporary art and the concept of a Chinese modernity, in terms of the legacy from the Communist era, China's social fabric and its urban quotidian. It contributes to knowledge in a way of understanding Chinese contemporary art that is …
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The Modern Formulation of Chinese Art History and the Building of a Nation in Early Twentieth-Century China
<p>At the dawn of the twentieth century, the Chinese formulation of art history underwent dramatic changes. It moved away from the traditional narratives that did not follow a strict chronology to adopt the Western linear model which emphasizes progress and national identity. Based on the premodern …
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Re-appropriating Chinese Art in the Context of Digital Media: From the Chinese Past into a Mediated ‘Presence’ through Creative Practice
In this thesis, I argue that traditional Chinese thinking and its manner of approaching art can be successfully expanded onto a different platform: digital media art. My research (both in theory and practice) shows how this transformation expands the notions of time and space and forges new …
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Challenges and reconstructions: femininity in contemporary Chinese feminist art from the 1990s to the present
In the 1990s, feminism became a distinct artistic phenomenon in contemporary Chinese art. Women artists, feminist artworks and women’s art exhibitions have increased substantially since then. Contemporary Chinese feminist art has increasingly revealed its own characteristics regarding gender and …
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Literary creation and cultural understanding: Reflections on Chinese culture in Andre Malraux's works and its influence on Malraux's career
… between Andre Malraux's literary creation and Chinese culture, especially Chinese philosophy and art. Malraux's appreciation of Chinese art was closely related to his knowledge of Chinese philosophies. For instance, in Chinese painting, he saw a philosophy of communion between man and the …
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Comparing Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi: shifts in art writings about landscape in the five dynasties and Northern Song periods
… between Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi, two Chinese art texts written in the tenth and eleventh century, respectively. The comparison of these two writings opens the window on the way that shifts in art writings took place during late Northern Song period. I analyze how descriptions of the …
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Duality / Fluidity -- Yin-Yang and bath house
… from the basics of bathing - the themes of earth, water and light, other design considerations that reflect the roots of Chinese traditions , namely, the configuration which is the metaphor of the garden and the memory of the culture, the concepts of yin-yang and modularity, the spatial order …
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Floating sweetness
… shared resonance. Inspired by the philosophy of Chinese art forms, the work emphasizes balance, space, and subtle interaction, allowing meaning to unfold through evolving relationships between instrumental voices. The orchestration adopts a cross-cultural mindset between Chinese and Western …
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Zhang Daqian’s Landscape Painting Style in the Taiwanese Period (1976–1983)
… one of the few internationally renowned Chinese artists of the twentieth century, captivated a global audience with his eclectic blend of styles that masterfully merged the ancient with the modern and the Chinese with the Western. His Taiwanese period (1976–1983) stands out as a unique …
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Kinų tapybos Wu mokyklos sociokultūrinis meno kontekstas: Shen Zhou ir Wen Zhengming atvejai /
… family ties, and societal norms shaped the artistic expressions of Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming, within the context of Wu painting. It presents the historical development of the Wu school, emphasizing the role of intellectual families and society in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Furthermore, …
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Tacit to Explicit: How Can ‘Gan Jue Cinema’ be Illuminated?
… image practice. Gan Jue is a concept diffused in Chinese culture whose exact essence is debated and elusive. It does not translate to English easily, and is approximated as ‘feeling’, ‘sensation’, or ‘perception’. It has ancient roots and is tacitly acknowledged to occupy a dynamic position within …
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Landscape painting as a critical cross-cultural art practice : exploring how the theories and methodologies in ancient Chinese painting can be fused into contemporary landscape art practice to expand existing artistic formats
This thesis is part of a practice-based Ph.D. study that investigates the genre of landscape painting through a cross-cultural perspective and method of practice. It attempts to link and step across the fields of ancient Chinese and contemporary Western art, with a focus on how to critically …
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The Southwest: A Study of Regional Identity in Material Culture and Textual Sources during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220 C.E.)
… cultural memory and identity manifested in the art of the southwest, present-day Sichuan province, during the Eastern Han dynasty. Through the study of the southwest’s material culture, considered special for its distinct artistic style and content by scholars in the field of Chinese art, …
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Interpretation of song cycle Songs and Poems from Shijing by Yangfan Xu—five tones of the Huangdi Neijing for soothing emotion in singing
The five-tone system articulated in the Huangdi Neijing, a foundational text of traditional Chinese medicine, have often been invoked as a tonal–cosmological system. Yet they have rarely been examined in relation to musical structure, vocal embodiment, and emotional experience in contemporary art …
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(What is not written on) The Wall : a choreographic exploration of censorship and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
… system of revision rather than preservation of Chinese cultural history particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries. To conduct my research, I studied articles written by Chinese scholars and artists living outside of China discussing China’s cultural history, reviews of performances of Chinese …
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